Carving on Lawn in Front of Holly-Hedge House is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Sculpture. 2 related planning applications.

Carving on Lawn in Front of Holly-Hedge House

WRENN ID
winding-zinc-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham North MP: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1973
Type
Sculpture
Address
Carving on Lawn in Front of Holly-Hedge House, Wat Tyler Road Se10, SE3 0QZ
OS grid reference
TQ 386 764
Coordinates
51.4703, -0.00553
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

In front of Holly-Hedge House on Wat Tyler Road, there is an early 19th-century stone carving of the front end of a lion. This heroic-sized sculpture shows traces of polychrome paint. The lion is depicted holding a tablet inscribed with "NELSON CXXII BATTLES" and is positioned on a vermiculate square plinth.

Local climate

Carving on Lawn in Front of Holly-Hedge 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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