Pedestal Approximately 90 Metres South of Atlas Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Pedestal.
Pedestal Approximately 90 Metres South of Atlas Fountain
- WRENN ID
- still-crypt-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Pedestal
- OS grid reference
- SE 716 698
- Coordinates
- 54.1194, -0.90533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pedestal, located approximately 90 metres south of the Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard, dates from around 1720 and is likely the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor. This Grade II listed sandstone pedestal stands 2.5 metres tall and features a square three-course base leading to a drum pedestal, complete with a moulded base, cornice, and decorative festoons. The feet of the statue that once stood on the pedestal, along with an iron bar that secured it, are still present. The statue itself, which represents a dancing faun with cymbals, now lies on the grass to the north. This faun is a copy of a 3rd-century bronze original that is housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Local climate
Pedestal Approximately 90 Metres South of Atlas Fountain 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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