Statue of Hercules in the south-east of Wrest Park is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2012. Statue.

Statue of Hercules in the south-east of Wrest Park

WRENN ID
moated-sentry-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 2012
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Hercules in the south-east of Wrest Park, Silsoe
OS grid reference
TL 092 348
Coordinates
52.00178, -0.40949
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Hercules is located in the south-east of Wrest Park and is made of Portland stone. The sculpture features a muscular figure of Hercules standing next to a tree stump. He wears the pelt of a lion across his right shoulder and holds a distaff in his right hand. The statue is set on a moulded stone plinth that rests on a square pedestal. The pedestal is decorated with a fascia and moulding detail, and it has fielded panels on all four sides. One corner of the plinth shows slight damage.

Local climate

Statue of Hercules in the south-east of Wrest Park 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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