Figure of Silenus Holding Infant Bacchus, at Emperors Walk, at Anglesey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Statue.
Figure of Silenus Holding Infant Bacchus, at Emperors Walk, at Anglesey Abbey
- WRENN ID
- dusk-clay-moon
- 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
- Statue
- Address
- Figure of Silenus Holding Infant Bacchus, at Emperors Walk, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
- OS grid reference
- TL 532 621
- Coordinates
- 52.23636, 0.2432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Silenus holding the infant Bacchus is located at Emperor's Walk in Anglesey Abbey. This 19th-century piece is a copy of an ancient sculpture, attributed to Soboline. It is made of bronze and depicts Silenus, a figure from mythology, with the infant Bacchus, also known as the Borgese Faun. The statue is noted in "The Garden Sculpture at Anglesey Abbey" published in the Connoisseur in 1949 and is referenced in an unpublished survey report by J Kenworthy-Browne for the National Trust in 1980.
Local climate
Figure of Silenus Holding Infant Bacchus, at Emperors Walk, 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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