Draped woman sculpture is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculpture. 2 related planning applications.

Draped woman sculpture

WRENN ID
eternal-copper-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 2016
Type
Sculpture
Address
Draped woman sculpture, North Verbena Gardens, Great West Road, London, W6 9AH
OS grid reference
TQ 221 783
Coordinates
51.49114, -0.24227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a sculpture of a draped woman, dating to circa 1959 and created by Karel Vogel. It is made of cast concrete and located in an open space off the Great West Road, close to St Peter’s Church in Hammersmith. The sculpture portrays a semi-nude, idealized female figure with braided hair, styled in the classical tradition. She is seated, but her upper torso is reclining sideways on her folded arms. Drapery flows from the waist, emphasising the arched knee and bunching to create a stable base. The arms rest lightly on an unseen surface; the sculpture's weight is cantilevered out from the base. Cast marks indicate the piece was likely cast in sections. The plinth is original and is constructed from black Staffordshire engineering bricks.

Local climate

Draped woman 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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