Statue of Infant with a Rabbit approximately 120m south-east of Bowling Green House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Statue.

Statue of Infant with a Rabbit approximately 120m south-east of Bowling Green House

WRENN ID
tired-turret-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1985
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
TL 090 350
Coordinates
52.00342, -0.41227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of an infant with a rabbit, located approximately 120 meters southeast of Bowling Green House, is made of stone and stands about 2 meters high in total. It features an infant depicted with a rabbit positioned behind its left foot, partially covered by the child's cloak, which drapes over the infant's back and is clasped diagonally across the front of its body. The child is shown standing awkwardly, with the right leg slightly forward and the upper body and head turned slightly to the right. The left hand holds a piece of cloth or fruit against the right shoulder, while the right arm rests on a tree stump that has carved foliage. The statue is set on a square pedestal that consists of a plain stepped plinth, a die with fielded panels on all sides, and a moulded cap.

Local climate

Statue of Infant with a Rabbit approximately 120m south-east of Bowling Green House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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