Group of 6 Terms and Statue of 4 Putti at Exedra Approximately 400 Metres 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 group.

Group of 6 Terms and Statue of 4 Putti at Exedra Approximately 400 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace

WRENN ID
first-bonework-rowan
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 group
OS grid reference
SP 444 158
Coordinates
51.83907, -1.3561
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of six stone terms and a statue of four putti, located approximately 400 meters southeast of the south front of Blenheim Palace, were created in 1772 by Richard Hayward. The limestone terms represent Hecate, a bearded philosopher (likely Aristotle), Bacchus, Cicero, a fawn holding a sheep's head, and Hercules. These terms are arranged in a circle around a lead statue of the four putti. In the late 19th century, the Tenth Duke of Marlborough relocated them to their current position in an exedra of yew hedges, moving them from their original location in the arcades of the Great Hall at Blenheim Palace. Blenheim Park is listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.

Local climate

Group of 6 Terms and Statue of 4 Putti at Exedra Approximately 400 Metres 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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