Statues Flanking Entrance 50 Yards South of Preston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1989. Statues.
Statues Flanking Entrance 50 Yards South of Preston Hall
- WRENN ID
- former-jamb-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1989
- Type
- Statues
- OS grid reference
- TQ 727 579
- Coordinates
- 51.29484, 0.47679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statues flanking the entrance, located 50 yards south of Preston Hall, were created around 1850 by the sculptor John Thomas for Edward Betts. They are made of stone and stand on rectangular plinths. One plinth supports a statue of a lion and a lioness grappling with a python, while the other features two dogs. The plinths are adorned with strap-work and floral decoration.
Local climate
Statues Flanking Entrance 50 Yards South of Preston Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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