Lead Bust to South East of Prideaux Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. A C18 Monument.
Lead Bust to South East of Prideaux Place
- WRENN ID
- bitter-storey-foxglove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Lead Bust to South East of Prideaux Place, Padstow
- OS grid reference
- SW 913 755
- Coordinates
- 50.54232, -4.94556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a lead bust dating from the 18th century, located on a granite plinth. The bust represents a Roman emperor and is mounted on a short granite shaft. It stands in the garden to the southeast of Prideaux Place in Padstow, Cornwall.
Local climate
Lead Bust to South East of Prideaux Place 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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