The Sower is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1983. Statue.

The Sower

WRENN ID
tattered-steel-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 May 1983
Type
Statue
Address
The Sower, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew Green, TW9 3AB
OS grid reference
TQ 188 773
Coordinates
51.48228, -0.28934
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sower is a bronze statue created in 1886 by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, located in the Royal Botanic Gardens. The statue is set on a Portland stone base and depicts a male figure dressed in a shirt, trousers, and leggings, striding forward over furrowed earth while carrying a basket from which he scatters seed. This statue was cast in bronze posthumously.

Local climate

The Sower sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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