Statue in Fountain Garden, on Lawn Opposite Tennis Court is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Statue in Fountain Garden, on Lawn Opposite Tennis Court
- WRENN ID
- stony-window-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue in Fountain Garden, on Lawn Opposite Tennis Court, Hampton Court
- OS grid reference
- TQ 158 685
- Coordinates
- 51.40383, -0.33539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue in the Fountain Garden, located on the lawn opposite the tennis court, has an uncertain date of origin. It was purchased in 1865 from Austin Seeley and Co. The statue features a pedestal made of Portland stone and figures made of white stone, which may be Italian breccia, depicting Hercules slaying the Nemean Lion.
Local climate
Statue in Fountain Garden, on Lawn Opposite Tennis Court 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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