Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Monument.

Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester

WRENN ID
noble-bronze-amber
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1983
Type
Monument
Address
Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester, Western Forecourt to Easton Hall, Eaton and Eccleston
OS grid reference
SJ 413 607
Coordinates
53.14035, -2.87844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester, is a Grade II* listed statue created between 1870 and 1879 by the artist G F Watts for the 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Westminster. This bronze statue is situated on a battered plinth made of buff stone at the center of a pond. It depicts Hugh Lupus, the first Norman Earl of Chester, who is shown seated on a horse. The horse was specifically bred for this statue, resulting from a Percheron mare and an English thoroughbred stallion. Both the sculptor and the client aimed for historical accuracy in every detail, and they regarded this statue as Watts's masterpiece, according to Gervas Huxley.

Local climate

Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus, 1st Earl of Chester receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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