Three Standing Figures, Battersea Park Lakeside is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1988. Sculpture.

Three Standing Figures, Battersea Park Lakeside

WRENN ID
night-tin-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wandsworth
Constituency
Battersea MP: Marsha De Cordova (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1988
Type
Sculpture
OS grid reference
TQ 281 771
Coordinates
51.47851, -0.15561
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

'Three Standing Figures' is a sculpture created in 1948 by Henry Moore, made from Darley Dale Stone and set on a low stone plinth. The site for the sculpture was chosen by Moore in 1950. It was first exhibited at the London County Council's inaugural Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition in Battersea Park in 1948 and was later presented to the Council by the Contemporary Art Society. The figures are described as "disturbing" and represent a blend of abstract and organic forms, embodying what Moore referred to as "the group feeling" found in his Shelter drawings, as noted by Philip James in his 1966 work, "Henry Moore on Sculpture."

Local climate

Three Standing Figures, Battersea Park Lakeside 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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