The Wylye Hornblower North of Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1997. Statue.
The Wylye Hornblower North of Mill House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-sill-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1997
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SU 008 378
- Coordinates
- 51.1402, -1.98968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wylye Hornblower is a statue located north of Mill House, likely from the 18th century. This lead sculpture is about life-size and depicts a young male figure, almost nude, who is blowing a horn and is draped around the waist, symbolizing the Horn of Plenty. The statue stands on a rock on a small island in the River Wylye. The left knee is supported by a later metal bar, and it is said that the statue was re-set on its rock base in recent memory. It is reputed to have been installed in the late 18th century by the Earl of Pembroke to honor the post horn man, who drowned while saving one of the Earl's relatives from drowning when a coach overturned at the old ford during a flood. There are also claims that the statue is of Roman origin and was collected by the Earl of Pembroke during his Grand Tour of Europe, although it appears to be of 18th-century, possibly Italian, origin.
Local climate
The Wylye Hornblower North of Mill House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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