Pedestal and Statue of Venus and Cupid 50 Yards North of Morden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. A C18 Statue.
Pedestal and Statue of Venus and Cupid 50 Yards North of Morden Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-span-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1954
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- TQ 261 687
- Coordinates
- 51.40372, -0.18778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pedestal and statue of Venus and Cupid, located 50 yards north of Morden Cottage in Morden Hall Park, is an 18th-century statuary group made of Portland stone. The statue features a standing figure of Venus, who is depicted with her right foot raised as she ties her sandal, while Cupid stands beside her on the left. The square pedestal has a cornice and plinth, with its sides adorned with decorative panels that include pendant trophies, tassels, and quivers of arrows.
Local climate
Pedestal and Statue of Venus and Cupid 50 Yards North of Morden Cottage 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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