Statue of Mercury on Pedestal, About 20 Metres South of Mount Egdcumbe House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. House.
Statue of Mercury on Pedestal, About 20 Metres South of Mount Egdcumbe House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-footing-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SX 452 527
- Coordinates
- 50.35401, -4.176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Mercury on a pedestal is located about 20 metres south of Mount Edgcumbe House in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. It is an ancient Roman classical marble statue depicting a nude male figure holding a caduceus and accompanied by a dog. The statue is set on a stone pedestal made from a re-used datestone inscribed with "R1672E." This statue is believed to be the same Mercury statue that was previously listed as being in the French Garden, where only the pedestal remains on site.
Local climate
Statue of Mercury on Pedestal, About 20 Metres South of Mount Egdcumbe House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- 1 Statue of Mercury 100 Metres North-West of Biddick Hall
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- 3 Statue of Mercury in the Water Garden Approximately 15 Metres to East of Burton Agnes Hall
- 4 Pedestal About 40 Metres South East of the French House
- 5 Statue in Former Fountain, 90m South of the House
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