Female Statue, 5 Metres South West of the South West Corner of Moat Surrounding Helmingham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Female Statue, 5 Metres South West of the South West Corner of Moat Surrounding Helmingham Hall
- WRENN ID
- idle-hall-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- TM 186 576
- Coordinates
- 52.17342, 1.1965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century statue located 5 meters southwest of the southwest corner of the moat surrounding Helmingham Hall. The statue is made of limestone and depicts a life-size female figure who is naked except for some loose drapery. She stands with her right hand resting on a natural rock and her left hand raised to her brow. The statue is set on a moulded square plinth that is about 1 meter high. It is included as Grade I in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Local climate
Female Statue, 5 Metres South West of the South West Corner of Moat Surrounding Helmingham Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Revetment to Outer Bank of Moat Surrounding Helmingham Hall, and Two Attached Bridges
- Helmingham Hall
- Entrance Gateway and Piers to Helmingham Park, Between Front Lodges to Oak Walk
- Front Lodge and Screen Wall to Left
- Front Lodge and Screen Wall to Right
- Gate Lodge, North East of Helmingham Hall
- Parkgate House
- Church of St Mary
- The Old Rectory
- The Old Forge