East Formal Garden, Statue of Wrestlers in South East Corner is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Garden, sculpture.

East Formal Garden, Statue of Wrestlers in South East Corner

WRENN ID
rooted-pavement-flax
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Garden, sculpture
Address
East Formal Garden, Statue of Wrestlers in South East Corner, Blenheim
OS grid reference
SP 442 161
Coordinates
51.84189, -1.3594
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of wrestlers, created around 1700 by Massimiliano Soldani, is located in the southeast corner of the East Formal Garden at Blenheim. This bronze statue is mounted on a moulded limestone ashlar pedestal. The garden was designed by Achille Duchene for the Ninth Duke of Marlborough and is part of a set of four statues originally presented to the first Duke of Marlborough. Massimiliano Soldani was a prominent Florentine sculptor of his time. Blenheim Park is recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.

Local climate

East Formal Garden, Statue of Wrestlers in South East Corner 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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