Sculpture Depicting Winter in Belvoir Castle Sculpture Garden (One of Seven Statues) is a Grade II* listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1979. A C17 Sculpture.
Sculpture Depicting Winter in Belvoir Castle Sculpture Garden (One of Seven Statues)
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1979
- Type
- Sculpture
- OS grid reference
- SK 819 336
- Coordinates
- 52.89441, -0.7838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This sculpture depicting Winter is located in the Belvoir Castle Sculpture Garden and dates from around 1680. It was created by the sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber. The sculpture is made of stone and features a square pedestal adorned with drapery festoons, carved fruit, and flowers. Above the pedestal, there is a cornice with a dentil course and an egg and dart frieze. The figure of Winter is bearded and closely wrapped, warming its hands over a warming dish, which is placed on a draped urn. This sculpture is one of seven statues in the garden.
Local climate
Sculpture Depicting Winter in Belvoir Castle Sculpture Garden (One of Seven Statues) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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