Statue at South End of Private Garden on South Side of Woburn Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Statue.
Statue at South End of Private Garden on South Side of Woburn Abbey
- WRENN ID
- lesser-chamber-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SP 964 324
- Coordinates
- 51.98206, -0.59684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue located at the south end of a private garden on the south side of Woburn Abbey dates from the late 19th century. It is made of bronze and now stands on a 20th-century stone plinth, reaching approximately 3 metres in height. The base of the statue features an inscription that reads "Elkington & Co Ltd Founder." The statue depicts a mermaid pulling down an adolescent cupid from a rock, with the cupid holding a bow and having small wings.
Local climate
Statue at South End of Private Garden on South Side of Woburn Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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