Statue of Bacchus playing with ram in front of The Aviary is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Statue.
Statue of Bacchus playing with ram in front of The Aviary
- WRENN ID
- white-cellar-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Bacchus playing with ram in front of The Aviary, Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH
- OS grid reference
- SP 730 165
- Coordinates
- 51.84247, -0.94066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a statue of Bacchus, created in the mid-18th century and attributed to Vittorio Barbieri. It is made of carved marble and depicts the infant Bacchus playing with a large ram, set on a rocky base. The statue is located in front of The Aviary at Waddesdon Manor grounds.
Local climate
Statue of Bacchus playing with ram in front of The Aviary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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