Thames Head Statue, St John's Lock is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1990. Statue.
Thames Head Statue, St John's Lock
- WRENN ID
- carved-keystone-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1990
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Thames Head Statue, St John's Lock, Buscot
- OS grid reference
- SU 222 990
- Coordinates
- 51.68962, -1.68001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thames Head Statue at St John's Lock is a statue created in 1854 by Raffaelle Monti. It was originally designed for the Crystal Palace and is made of cement, with Monti's signature found on the base. The statue depicts a semi-reclining figure of the river god, who holds a shovel symbolizing the work of the navigators. At the figure's feet are bales and a barrel, representing the river's contribution to commerce. Initially located at the headwaters of the Thames in Trewsbury Mead, near Coates, Gloucester, the statue was moved to its current position on the lockside in 1974.
Local climate
Thames Head Statue, St John's Lock receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% 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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