Statue of the Farnese Hercules is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1969. Statue.
Statue of the Farnese Hercules
- WRENN ID
- tall-corbel-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1969
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of the Farnese Hercules, the Quarry, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 485 123
- Coordinates
- 52.70668, -2.76352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of the Farnese Hercules is an early 18th-century statue, possibly created by John Nost. It features a lead figure leaning on a raised club, positioned on a stone plinth. The plinth has an inscription that reads, "Copy of the statue executed by the Athenian Sculptor Glycon and known as the Farnese Hercules." This statue was originally located at Condover Hall.
Local climate
Statue of the Farnese Hercules receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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