Statue of Neptune, Swimming Pool Court, Godmersham Park is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Statue.
Statue of Neptune, Swimming Pool Court, Godmersham Park
- WRENN ID
- graven-iron-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- TR 061 509
- Coordinates
- 51.22026, 0.9512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Neptune is located in the swimming pool court of Godmersham Park. It dates from the late 17th century and is possibly of Italian origin, designed in a Berninesque style. The statue is made of marble and features a metal trident. It depicts a full-size figure of Neptune slaying a sea monster, positioned on a pedestal with a plinth and base.
Local climate
Statue of Neptune, Swimming Pool Court, Godmersham Park receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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