ABC: Oxfordshire: Statues: The Hounds of the Baskervilles

Brilliant!

Imagine my surprise when I was researching statues, and I stumbled across this little beauty from WIKI.

Among Crowsley Park's former owners were the Baskerville family,^[13] one of whose members, Henry Baskerville, was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1847. Stories about the family and its association with fierce dogs were among the inspirations for Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (published 1901–02) in which "Sir Henry Baskerville" is a leading character.

The connection with the Baskervilles is preserved in statues of hellhounds with spears through their mouths which sit on the stone gateposts at the entrance to the park and atop the front of Crowsley Park House.^[14]
A pub in the nearby village of Lower Shiplake is called The Baskerville Arms.

And even better - they are literally 5 mins drive from the house - I cycle past them all the time. I love the ABC tour....it throws up stuff like this

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