Ornamental Bronze Fish is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. Sculpture.

Ornamental Bronze Fish

WRENN ID
shifting-moulding-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1985
Type
Sculpture
Address
Ornamental Bronze Fish, Batsford
OS grid reference
SP 185 336
Coordinates
52.0009, -1.73123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of ornamental bronze fish is located at the top of the steps on the lower garden terrace behind Batsford Park. The date of the fish is unknown, but they were brought from China by Lord Redesdale in the late 19th century. The fish are curving and feature teeth, and they were possibly originally designed as finials.

Local climate

Ornamental Bronze Fish receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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