Statue of Neptune is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Statue.
Statue of Neptune
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-eave-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Neptune, Wotton Underwood
- OS grid reference
- SP 677 169
- Coordinates
- 51.84696, -1.0177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Neptune is a Grade II listed structure located at Wotton House in Wotton Underwood. This statue is believed to be part of a larger group created between 1771 and 1789. It is carved from stone and represents a boy on a dolphin, possibly depicting Arion or Palaemon. The surviving section includes a dolphin, a clump of bullrushes behind it, a stump of a palm tree, and a foot. A listing from 1985 mentioned that other fragments of the figure of Neptune were either on site or at Wotton House, but their current status is unknown.
The statue is situated within a historic designed landscape that surrounds an early 18th-century country house. The landscape features a layout likely created by George London and Henry Wise, which evolved into a more extensive mid-18th-century park designed for George Grenville by Lancelot Brown. William Pitt, who later became the first Earl of Chatham, is also recognized for his significant contributions to the design.
Local climate
Statue of Neptune sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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