Figures of Lion and Lioness, at Temple Lawn, at Anglesey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Statues.

Figures of Lion and Lioness, at Temple Lawn, at Anglesey Abbey

WRENN ID
tenth-rood-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Statues
Address
Figures of Lion and Lioness, at Temple Lawn, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
OS grid reference
TL 526 621
Coordinates
52.23613, 0.23454
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The figures of a lion and lioness, located at Temple Lawn in Anglesey Abbey, date from around 1700 and are attributed to the sculptor John Nost, who died in 1729. These statues are made of lead and depict a crouching lion and lioness.

Local climate

Figures of Lion and Lioness, at Temple Lawn, at Anglesey Abbey sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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