Statue in Former Fountain, 90m South of the House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Statue.
Statue in Former Fountain, 90m South of the House
- WRENN ID
- tall-soffit-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1984
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue in Former Fountain, 90m South of the House, Morden
- OS grid reference
- SY 925 978
- Coordinates
- 50.77977, -2.10709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th century lead statue of Mercury, located on a putto mask pedestal. It is situated in a former fountain, which has now been converted into a flower bed. The statue is noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments as Monument 3.
Local climate
Statue in Former Fountain, 90m South of the House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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