Wild boar sculpture is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculpture. 2 related planning applications.
Wild boar sculpture
- WRENN ID
- deep-flint-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Wild boar sculpture, The Water Gardens, Essex, Cm20
- OS grid reference
- TL 446 097
- Coordinates
- 51.76735, 0.09418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wild Boar sculpture, created in 1969 by Elisabeth Frink, is located in the Water Gardens of Harlow civic centre. This bronze sculpture stands approximately 76cm tall and is mounted on a bronze-faced plinth positioned just above water level. The semi-figurative design features a poised, alert stance, with a heavy torso contrasted by dainty, slender limbs. The body is exaggeratedly narrow, and the hindquarters appear underdeveloped, while the head is characterized by a large, sweeping snout, with the eyes indicated only by slight marks. The surface of the sculpture has a lightly textured finish, achieved by manipulating wet plaster with tools.
Local climate
Wild boar sculpture 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Statue Of Florentine Boar, Balmoral Castle
- 2 The Boar Garden Statue of Wild Boar and Pedestal
- 3 Statue of Boar at North-East End of Path to the Italian Garden, 160m South West of Saint Antony's Convent
- 4 Portrait figure of Elisabeth Frink
- 5 The Boar Garden Carved Fruit Basket and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres North of Statue of Wild Boar
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