Statue of shepherd boy 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 - mid C18 Statue.

Statue of shepherd boy and pedestal

WRENN ID
mired-latch-bramble
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 - mid C18
Address
Statue of shepherd boy and pedestal, Temple Hole Basin, South-East of Castle Howard, Henderskelfe
OS grid reference
SE 721 698
Coordinates
54.11978, -0.89752
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of a shepherd boy and its pedestal are located at Castle Howard, specifically at Temple Hole Basin on the north shore. This statue dates from the early to mid-18th century and features a lead figure standing on a stone pedestal that is approximately 3.5 metres tall. The pedestal is slender with a moulded base and cornice. The figure depicts a rustic shepherd boy dressed in 18th-century attire, leaning on a tree stump. Although the dog and flute typically associated with this model are missing, dowels in the pedestal indicate where the dog was once positioned. This statue is notable as the only lead statue in the Castle Howard collection that has a non-classical prototype.

Local climate

Statue of shepherd boy 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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