Statue of Lady Jemima, 27m South of the West Half 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 Lady Jemima, 27m South of the West Half House
- WRENN ID
- first-truss-thistle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Lady Jemima, 27m South of the West Half House, Wrest Park, Silsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 090 348
- Coordinates
- 52.00166, -0.41305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Lady Jemima, located 27 meters south of the West Half House, is a Grade II* listed structure. It features a pedestal made of Portland stone, which stands on a plinth and supports a lead statue above. The statue is approximately 2.5 meters high and dates from the mid-18th century. The pedestal has a moulded base and cap, with panels on each side of the die.
The figure's left arm rests on a substantial urn that is decorated with bold gadrooning. Her head is partially covered by the top of her classical drapery, which drapes over her back, down her left shoulder, and across her legs. She holds a book, which is detailed to suggest printed script. The hem of her dress features an intricate zig-zag pattern, with a four-leaf clover shape in each segment. On her feet, she wears classical sandals fastened with a heart-shaped buckle.
Graffiti carved into her back includes the date '1750', various letters, and at a higher level, the inscription '1950/REPAIRED or REPAINTED', along with some undecipherable names beneath.
Local climate
Statue of Lady Jemima, 27m South of the West Half 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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