Statue of Hermes Approximately 450 Metres South South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Statue.
Statue of Hermes Approximately 450 Metres South South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace
- WRENN ID
- dusk-buttress-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SP 444 157
- Coordinates
- 51.83829, -1.35605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Hermes, located approximately 450 metres south-south-east of the south front of Blenheim Palace, dates from the late 18th century. This lead statue is positioned on a pedestal that features a wheatear festoon above a medallion and is adorned with a fretted frieze. Blenheim Park, where the statue is situated, is recognized in the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
Local climate
Statue of Hermes Approximately 450 Metres South South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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