Lead Cherub Ornament in Temple Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1985. Garden ornament.
Lead Cherub Ornament in Temple Gardens
- WRENN ID
- errant-gravel-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1985
- Type
- Garden ornament
- Address
- Lead Cherub Ornament in Temple Gardens, Cholmondeley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 536 511
- Coordinates
- 53.05554, -2.69232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lead cherub ornament in Temple Gardens at Cholmondeley Park is a Grade II listed garden ornament, likely created in 1695 by the sculptor Jan Van Nost. This cast lead piece features three winged cherubs facing outward, each supporting a basket overflowing with flowers. A continuous garland of flowers encircles the cherubs, with each figure positioned differently. They stand on a built-up base made of natural stone slabs, which caps a short stone pillar adorned with recessed panels. This ornament, along with a damaged companion piece on an altered base, is believed to be the lead "flower potts" mentioned by Gervase Jackson-Stops in his article "Cholmondeley Castle" published in Country Life on July 19, 1973.
Local climate
Lead Cherub Ornament in Temple Gardens receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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