Statue of Venus on East Side of Drive at Grange Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Statue.
Statue of Venus on East Side of Drive at Grange Farm
- WRENN ID
- far-arch-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Venus on East Side of Drive at Grange Farm, Tring Rural
- OS grid reference
- SP 885 147
- Coordinates
- 51.82403, -0.71615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Venus is located on the east side of the drive at Grange Farm in Tring Rural, and it dates back to 1741. The base of the statue features the inscription 'JAN VAN LOGTTAREN' on the side and rear. This statue was moved from The Green Park in Aston Clinton around 1948. It is carved from stone and depicts a larger-than-lifesize standing figure of Venus, draped and positioned before a large scallop shell, accompanied by a winged child, which is now headless. The statue stands on a moulded bluestone plinth with concave corners. It is part of a matched pair with the statue of Adonis, and a contemporary plinth is located nearby.
Local climate
Statue of Venus on East Side of Drive at Grange Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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