Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. A Early Modern Statue.
Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal
- WRENN ID
- dim-merlon-woodpecker
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Statue
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal, Henderskelfe
- OS grid reference
- SE 714 699
- Coordinates
- 54.12053, -0.90772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walled Garden at Castle Howard features a statue of Venus de Medici and its pedestal, dating from the early 18th century. The pedestal, likely designed by Hawksmoor, stands approximately one metre tall and is a drum shape on a moulded base, adorned with festoons and a moulded cornice. The life-size statue of Venus is based on a classical original.
Local climate
Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal 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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