Statue of Shepherd with Pipe and Pedestal Approximately 20 Metres South West of the Priory is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Statue.

Statue of Shepherd with Pipe and Pedestal Approximately 20 Metres South West of the Priory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1987
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
SE 511 578
Coordinates
54.01444, -1.2206
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of a shepherd with a pipe and its pedestal is located approximately 20 metres south-west of The Priory. It dates from the early 18th century and was restored around 1985 by Andrew Naylor, although the original sculptor is unknown. The statue is made of lead and stands on an ashlar pedestal. The overall height is about 2.70 metres, featuring a lifesize figure of a shepherd boy dressed in 18th-century clothing, with his legs crossed and holding a pipe. The pedestal is rectangular, with a moulded base and cornice, and the statue is not in its original position. This statue is part of a group of early 18th-century lead statues.

Local climate

Statue of Shepherd with Pipe and Pedestal Approximately 20 Metres South West of the Priory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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