Statue of Venus to right of main entrance to Trent Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1990. Statue.
Statue of Venus to right of main entrance to Trent Park House
- WRENN ID
- calm-vestry-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Enfield
- Constituency
- Southgate and Wood Green MP: Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1990
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Venus to right of main entrance to Trent Park House, Cockfosters Road, Barnet, EN4 0PS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 291 973
- Coordinates
- 51.65995, -0.13478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Venus is located to the right of the main entrance to Trent Park House. It was created around 1700, although it has a later head. In 1934, the statue was moved to Trent Park from Wrest Park in Bedfordshire by Sir Philip Sassoon. The statue stands on an ashlar plinth, which features a moulded base and cornice. The front of the plinth is intricately carved with hunting weapons, a pair of birds, and toiletry items. The statue itself depicts Venus tying a garter on her leg, which is raised on a pedestal, with a cupid at her feet.
Local climate
Statue of Venus to right of main entrance to Trent Park 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 95% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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