Witch of Agnesi Sculpture is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculpture.
Witch of Agnesi Sculpture
- WRENN ID
- rough-window-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculpture
- OS grid reference
- TQ 445 739
- Coordinates
- 51.44648, 0.0788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Witch of Agnesi is a sculpture created in 1959 by F E McWilliam and installed in 1960. This abstract piece is made of cast bronze and is mounted on a concrete base. It stands approximately 2.5 meters high and 1 meter wide at its widest point. The sculpture consists of a stack of four panels that alternate between concave and convex lateral curves, with each panel increasing in size from the base. The surface of the panels is deeply roughcast, featuring a circular eye-like detail on the convex side of the top panel and four small rings on the lowest panel. The panels are connected by short pegs, and the lowest panel rests on a circular plate.
The sculpture is positioned above a pool of water, next to which is a plaque inscribed with the following: ‘THE WITCH OF AGNESI / SCULPTURE BY FE MCWILLIAM. 1959 / COMMISSIONED BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. RESTORED AND RE-ERECTED TO MARK / THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF PHASES IA AND II OF THE AVERY HILL STUDENT VILLAGE / SPONSORED BY BANKERS TRUST COMPANY. VARSITY FUNDING. GRIMLEY. MOUNT ANVIL. STEPHENSON HARWOOD COOPERS AND LYBRAND. UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH / [university symbol] / THE UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH’.
Local climate
Witch of Agnesi Sculpture 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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