Figures of Male and Female Gardeners, in Courtyard, 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 Male and Female Gardeners, in Courtyard, at Anglesey Abbey

WRENN ID
second-copper-solstice
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 Male and Female Gardeners, in Courtyard, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
OS grid reference
TL 529 622
Coordinates
52.23725, 0.23913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two statues of male and female gardeners are located in the courtyard at Anglesey Abbey. These figures, made of lead and dating from around 1750, were cast from originals by John Cheere. They were previously situated at Copped Hall in Essex. The figures are also referred to as a Shepherd and Shepherdess in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments publication for North East Cambridgeshire and in Lanning-Roper's "Gardens of Anglesey Abbey" from 1964.

Local climate

Figures of Male and Female Gardeners, in Courtyard, 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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