Chinese Shishi in East Half of Chinese Garden is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. Garden sculpture.

Chinese Shishi in East Half of Chinese Garden

WRENN ID
waning-cupola-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1989
Type
Garden sculpture
Address
Chinese Shishi in East Half of Chinese Garden, Long Whatton and Diseworth
OS grid reference
SK 491 242
Coordinates
52.81319, -1.27224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chinese Shishi is an ornamental garden sculpture located in the east half of the Chinese garden at Whatton House. It dates from the late 19th century and is of Chinese or Japanese origin. The sculpture depicts a bronze beast featuring a scrolled mane and tail, along with clawed feet, and it rests on a roughly hewn stone slab. This piece is part of a collection of ornaments gathered for the garden by the first Lord Crawshaw around 1890 to 1900.

Local climate

Chinese Shishi in East Half of Chinese Garden 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% 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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