Statue in Garden of Howard's House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Statue.
Statue in Garden of Howard's House
- WRENN ID
- knotted-chancel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue in Garden of Howard's House, Church Lane, Cardington
- OS grid reference
- TL 086 480
- Coordinates
- 52.11989, -0.41489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue in the garden of Howard's House dates from the 18th century. It features lead figures on a stone pedestal, depicting a boy ice skating with game birds strapped to his waist, accompanied by a running dog carrying a game bird in its mouth. It is reputed to be of Russian origin and is believed to have been a gift to John Howard following his first visit to Russia in 1781.
Local climate
Statue in Garden of Howard's House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings