Statue on West Side of North Crescent Pond is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. Statue.

Statue on West Side of North Crescent Pond

WRENN ID
woven-glass-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1967
Type
Statue
Address
Statue on West Side of North Crescent Pond, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
OS grid reference
SE 280 688
Coordinates
54.11503, -1.57305
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue on the west side of the north Crescent Pond in Studley Park is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1730, commissioned by John Aislabie and restored around 1970. It features a lead figure of Euricles with a tortoise, set on an ashlar pedestal that stands approximately 3 metres tall. The figure is depicted with one foot on a rock, which the tortoise is attempting to climb. The pedestal has a moulded base and cornice. This statue is part of the original garden furnishings, which also included thermes and tubs for orange and lemon trees. A drawing by W T C Walker from around 1750 provides further historical context.

Local climate

Statue on West Side of North Crescent Pond receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% 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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