Statue Approximately 30 Metres North East of Harrowden Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1981. Statue.
Statue Approximately 30 Metres North East of Harrowden Hall
- WRENN ID
- guardian-flue-cedar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1981
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SP 882 708
- Coordinates
- 52.32886, -0.70666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue, located approximately 30 metres northeast of Harrowden Hall, is a Grade II listed structure from the early 18th century, created by John Van Nost. It features a limestone ashlar panelled plinth supporting a lead statue depicting wrestling figures, believed to represent Samson and the Philistine, inspired by an original work by Giambologna. This statue is part of a formal layout that includes additional statues located approximately 30 metres and 60 metres southeast, as well as a statue plinth around 60 metres northeast. The setting also comprises gates, gatepiers, railings, walls, and an attached summer house, extending roughly 300 metres to the north, south, and east of Harrowden Hall. The gardens and park associated with this site are recognized in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade II.
Local climate
Statue Approximately 30 Metres North East of Harrowden Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- 3 Statue of Samson with Two Philistines on East Side of North Lawn at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1880 2175
- 4 Gates, Gatepiers and Railings Approximately 300 Metres East of Harrowden Hall
- 5 Statue and Pedestal on West Side of the Canal, South End
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