Pedestal and Statue of Spinario is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Sculpture.
Pedestal and Statue of Spinario
- WRENN ID
- dark-dormer-cedar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Pedestal and Statue of Spinario, South Parterre, Henderskelfe
- OS grid reference
- SE 717 698
- Coordinates
- 54.11916, -0.90421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pedestal and statue of Spinario, dating from around 1720, is a significant composite structure located in the south parterre of Henderskelfe. The pedestal was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and is made of sandstone, standing approximately 4.5 metres tall, while the statue itself is life-sized. The pedestal features a central rectangular pier topped with a drum pedestal, flanked by rectangular buttresses that have raised panels. Each buttress supports an urn adorned with festoons and a finial on a shaped base. The pedestal includes a moulded base and cornices. The statue depicts Spinario, a seated boy who is removing a thorn from his foot, and is a copy of a Roman original currently housed in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
Local climate
Pedestal and Statue of Spinario receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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