Clearwell Castle Statue of Child and Sphinx, About 30 Metres West of Main Front on the Left Facing House is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Clearwell Castle Statue of Child and Sphinx, About 30 Metres West of Main Front on the Left Facing House
- WRENN ID
- rough-tower-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SO 569 077
- Coordinates
- 51.76696, -2.62521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of a child sitting on a sphinx, dating from the 18th century, is located about 30 meters west of the main front of Clearwell Castle, on the left side when facing the house. It is made of stone and sits on a rectangular, tall, moulded capping and base that features lyre-shaped ends and a hollow center. The statue is missing the left arm and both feet of the child.
Local climate
Clearwell Castle Statue of Child and Sphinx, About 30 Metres West of Main Front on the Left Facing House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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