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

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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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  1. Prideaux Place Grade I 38 m
  2. Entrance Gate and Flanking Walls Forming Mock Fortifications to East of Prideaux Place Grade I 41 m
  3. The Dower House Grade II 48 m
  4. South Terrace with Grotto Niche to South of Prideaux Place Grade II* 49 m
  5. Footbridge Over Lane to Estate Yard and Flanking Walls Forming North End of Mock Fortifications to North East of Prideaux Place Grade II* 73 m
  6. Walls Enclosing the Gardens to South and East of Prideaux Place, Flanking the South Entrance and Continuing South from the Mock Fortifications Grade II 75 m
  7. Fentonluna Well Grade II 76 m
  8. 40, High Street Grade II 82 m
  9. Garden Temple to South West of Prideaux Place Grade II* 85 m
  10. Garden Feature at South End of South Terrace of Prideaux Place Grade II* 87 m