Statue of Apollo at End of Long Walk and Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Temple of Echo is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. A Georgian Statue.
Statue of Apollo at End of Long Walk and Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Temple of Echo
- WRENN ID
- blind-bonework-swallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Statue
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SP 478 245
- Coordinates
- 51.91785, -1.30624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Apollo is located at the end of the Long Walk, approximately 12 meters southeast of the Temple of Echo in Rousham Park. This Grade II* listed statue was erected around 1739 and is made of lead, standing on a limestone pedestal that features a moulded plinth and cornice. The statue is part of the landscape gardens designed by William Kent between 1733 and 1740. Rousham Park is recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
Local climate
Statue of Apollo at End of Long Walk and Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Temple of Echo 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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