Bust of Homer in the Wilderness Weston Park is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. A C18 Bust.

Bust of Homer in the Wilderness Weston Park

WRENN ID
rooted-frieze-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1966
Type
Bust
Address
Bust of Homer in the Wilderness Weston Park, High Street, Weston Underwood
OS grid reference
SP 864 507
Coordinates
52.14806, -0.73733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bust of Homer in the Wilderness at Weston Park is a 18th-century stone sculpture situated on a tapering plinth. The bust depicts the bearded figure of Homer. It was originally gifted to the poet William Cowper by his nephew John Johnson and was first placed in the garden of Cowper's House in Weston Underwood before being moved to its current location in the Wilderness. The plinth features an inscription of a Greek quotation from Homer, along with a verse by Cowper.

Local climate

Bust of Homer in the Wilderness Weston Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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