Statue in the Grounds of the Battery is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Statue.
Statue in the Grounds of the Battery
- WRENN ID
- waiting-chancel-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1975
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue in the Grounds of the Battery, the Bayle
- OS grid reference
- TR 230 359
- Coordinates
- 51.07964, 1.18367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue in the grounds of The Battery in Folkestone dates from the 18th century. It is a stone statue of a winged Cupid, which is set on a stone plinth. This statue is part of a group that includes Nos 26 to 40 (even) and The Globe Inn.
Local climate
Statue in the Grounds of the Battery receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Pedestal and Statue of Venus and Cupid 50 Yards North of Morden Cottage
- 2 Statue of Venus arming Cupid, in recess at east end of upper south terrace
- 3 Pair of statues of young lovers at east end of upper south terrace.
- 4 Statue at Hall Place, About 45 Metres South of Main House
- 5 Statue of Mercury and Cupid on East Side of Long Canal, 70m from North End
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings