Statue approximately 12 metres north west corner of terrace at Trent Park is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1990. Statue.
Statue approximately 12 metres north west corner of terrace at Trent Park
- WRENN ID
- guardian-chimney-vale
- 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 approximately 12 metres north west corner of terrace at Trent Park, EN4 0PS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 290 973
- Coordinates
- 51.66043, -0.13558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a statue located approximately 12 metres from the north west corner of the terrace at Trent Park. It was created around 1700 by the sculptor Nost, after a design by da Bologna. The statue was brought to Trent Park from Stowe, Buckinghamshire in the mid-1920s by Sir Philip Sassoon. It is made of lead and stands on an ashlar plinth, which features a rectangular panelled design with a moulded base and cornice. The statue depicts Samson defeating a Philistine.
Local climate
Statue approximately 12 metres north west corner of terrace at Trent Park 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Statue approximately 20 metres north east of corner of terrace at Trent Park House
- 2 Statue of Samson Slaying Philistine in Garden to West of Seaton Delaval Hall
- 3 Statue of Samson with Two Philistines on East Side of North Lawn at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1880 2175
- 4 Statue of Samson and the Philistine Approximately 110 Metres East of East Front of Drayton House
- 5 Statue Group at South End of South Vista
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Nearby listed buildings
- Sculptures to north-west of terrace of Trent Park House
- Statue on north west end of terrace at Trent Park House
- Trent Park House
- Statue of Actaeon to left of main entrance to Trent Park House
- Pair of sphinxes flanking steps on east side of terrace at Trent Park House
- Statue of Venus to right of main entrance to Trent Park House
- Orangery with front terrace and wall with sphinxes at Trent Park
- Pergola, known as Wisteria Walk to south east of former stable block at Trent Park
- Gatepier with gate at south east end of Wisteria Walk at Trent Park
- Monument to South West of Trent Park, Near the East End of the Avenue