Statue 70 Metres West of Thoresby Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. A C17 Statue.
Statue 70 Metres West of Thoresby Hall
- WRENN ID
- eternal-railing-rush
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SK 638 713
- Coordinates
- 53.23491, -1.04527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue located 70 meters west of Thoresby Hall is a life-size representation of a sphinx, created around 1685 by the sculptor C. G. Cibber. It is made of ashlar stone and stands on a rectangular brick plinth that is rendered and features a moulded ashlar base. This statue is notable as one of two sphinxes commissioned by Cibber, as mentioned in a memorandum he wrote while working at Chatsworth between 1687 and 1690, where he referred to them as "two sphinx at ten pounds a piece, having in them but three quarters of a tunn."
Local climate
Statue 70 Metres West of Thoresby Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Pair of Sphinxes to South of Temple in Theatre in the Gardens at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1887 2205
- 2 Pair of sphinxes flanking steps on east side of terrace at Trent Park House
- 3 Westernmost of a pair of sphinxes to west of Combe Bank
- 4 Sphinx and Pedestal on North Side of Waterfall at the Lake
- 5 Statue Approximately 60 Metres South East of Harrowden Hall
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Nearby listed buildings
- Stable Court, Stable Cottages and Riding School at Thoresby Hall
- Urn in East Forecourt Lawn of Thoresby Hall
- Terrace Walls and Gazebos at Thoresby Hall
- Bridge to East of Green Bridge
- The Green Bridge, 400m South East of Thoresby Hall
- Monument to Spencer Perceval
- Ice House on Island at East End of Lake
- Cascade at East End of Lake
- North Lamp at West Gate at Church of St John
- South Lamp at West Gate at Church of St John