Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 2001. Sculpture.

Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park

WRENN ID
cold-oriel-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromley
Constituency
Beckenham and Penge MP: Liam Conlon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 2001
Type
Sculpture
Address
Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road
OS grid reference
TQ 342 708
Coordinates
51.42103, -0.07071
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, created in 1869 and signed by W F Woodington, is a large sculpture made of Carrera marble in a heroic style. It commemorates Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace. The bust is mounted on a later 20th-century brick plinth, raising it to a height of 8 feet. Funded by public subscription, it was unveiled on the Terraces on June 10, 1873, by Lady Frederick Cavendish of Chatsworth. After the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire in 1936, the bust was relocated to a different site within Crystal Palace Park.

Local climate

Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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