Statue of Jonah's Wife is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Statue.
Statue of Jonah's Wife
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-beam-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Jonah's Wife, Bridge Street, Turvey
- OS grid reference
- SP 938 523
- Coordinates
- 52.16146, -0.62987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Jonah's Wife is a notable sculpture located on Turvey Bridge Street. It was discovered without a head in an old barn behind Turvey Mill. Interestingly, a bearded male head was mistakenly paired with the female torso. The statue was erected in 1953 by Mr. V. C. Dashwood, who was the owner of Turvey Mill at that time. This statue is included in the listing for its group value with the nearby bridge.
Local climate
Statue of Jonah's Wife 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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