Statue of Thomas Hardy on Grass Verge Between the Grove and Colliton Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A Modern Statue. 3 related planning applications.
Statue of Thomas Hardy on Grass Verge Between the Grove and Colliton Walk
- WRENN ID
- burning-postern-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Statue
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Statue of Thomas Hardy on Grass Verge Between the Grove and Colliton Walk, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 689 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71516, -2.44155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Thomas Hardy is located on the grass verge between The Grove and Colliton Walk. It was created in 1931 by the sculptor Eric Kennington and is made of bronze. The statue depicts a seated figure of Thomas Hardy.
Local climate
Statue of Thomas Hardy on Grass Verge Between the Grove and Colliton Walk receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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