Falling Warrior Sculpture in Clare College Memorial Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1998. Sculpture. 2 related planning applications.

Falling Warrior Sculpture in Clare College Memorial Court

WRENN ID
old-pedestal-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1998
Type
Sculpture
Address
Falling Warrior Sculpture in Clare College Memorial Court, Queens Road, CB3 9AJ
OS grid reference
TL 442 584
Coordinates
52.20497, 0.10999
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Falling Warrior is a memorial sculpture located in Clare College Memorial Court, created by Henry Moore between 1956 and 1957 and installed here in 1961. This bronze sculpture measures nearly five feet in length and is mounted on a bronze plinth. It depicts a semi-recumbent effigy of a male figure at the dramatic moment of death, collapsing onto his shield, and is intentionally under life-size. Sculptures that portray the male form and movement are quite rare in Moore's body of work, making this piece notable for its contrast with his typically stoic, monolithic female figures. The sculpture exemplifies the humanistic strain in Moore's art, and its dynamic form complements the restrained architectural setting of Giles Gilbert Scott's First World War Memorial Court, which is also listed.

Local climate

Falling Warrior Sculpture in Clare College Memorial Court 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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.

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