Help sculpture is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. A Contemporary Sculpture.
Help sculpture
- WRENN ID
- quartered-baluster-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculpture
- Period
- Contemporary
- Address
- Help sculpture, St John's Art and Recreation Centre, Black Lion Court, Old Harlow, Essex, CM17 0AJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 471 116
- Coordinates
- 51.78398, 0.13126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Help! is a bronze sculpture group created in 1976 by F E McWilliam, situated outside St John’s Arts Centre in Harlow. The sculpture features two life-size female figures in motion, either running or tumbling, as they grasp or brandish a square banner that reads "HELP." The banner resembles a piece of fabric and is complemented by drapery-like forms that envelop the women's bodies, leaving only their heads exposed. The entire piece is mounted on a circular brick plinth made of stock bricks.
Local climate
Help 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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