Four Garden Statues and A Cistern in the Grounds of Fenton House is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Garden feature. 1 related planning application.
Four Garden Statues and A Cistern in the Grounds of Fenton House
- WRENN ID
- other-remnant-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Four Garden Statues and A Cistern in the Grounds of Fenton House, Hampstead Grove, NW3 6RT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 262 860
- Coordinates
- 51.5594, -0.17998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Four garden statues and a cistern are located in the grounds of Fenton House. The statues include a shepherd and shepherdess, created around 1735 by John Cheere for Coldbath Abbey in King's Heath, Worcester. These lead figures stand on stone pedestals and are dressed in 18th-century rustic costumes; the shepherdess holds an apple in each hand, while the shepherd stands with his legs crossed and holds a crook. The shepherdess is currently in storage after being stolen around 1988 but has since been recovered.
In addition, there is a statue of Bacchus with a faun situated on the North Lawn, dating from the 19th century. This lead figure stands on a circular base and stone pedestal, depicting Bacchus nude, holding a shallow bowl in his raised left hand and a bunch of grapes in his right hand, with a small faun behind him. A bronze figure of a sitting toad, also from the 19th century, is located at the north-east end of the North Lawn and is realistically moulded, measuring approximately 10 inches high.
The cistern in the Orchard Garden is dated 1723 and made of lead. It has a rectangular shape with relief decorations featuring two ovals within a geometric pattern, depicting the same scene of a knight in armor on a rearing horse, with garland drops at angles.
Local climate
Four Garden Statues and A Cistern in the Grounds of Fenton House 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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