Sculptural Group of Samson and Philistine About 30 Yards South West of Wimpole Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Sculptural group.
Sculptural Group of Samson and Philistine About 30 Yards South West of Wimpole Hall
- WRENN ID
- dusted-ember-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sculptural group
- OS grid reference
- TL 335 509
- Coordinates
- 52.14083, -0.05023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sculptural group depicting Samson and a Philistine, located about 30 yards southwest of Wimpole Hall. It was created in the 18th century and is made of lead. The sculpture is a copy of the original work by Giovanni Bologna, which is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The group stands on a limestone base that features raised and fielded panelled sides.
Local climate
Sculptural Group of Samson and Philistine About 30 Yards South West of Wimpole Hall 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- 1 Sculptural Group of Samson and Philistine, in Arboretum, at Anglesey Abbey
- 2 Statue of Samson with Two Philistines on East Side of North Lawn at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1880 2175
- 3 Statue of Samson Slaying Philistine in Garden to West of Seaton Delaval Hall
- 4 Statue Group at South End of South Vista
- 5 Statue of Samson and the Philistine Approximately 110 Metres East of East Front of Drayton House
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