Half Moon Pond is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Pond.

Half Moon Pond

WRENN ID
shadowed-storey-raven
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Pond
Address
Half Moon Pond, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
OS grid reference
SE 279 689
Coordinates
54.11565, -1.57393
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Half Moon Pond is a pond located in the water gardens, completed in 1728 for John Aislabie. It is lined with stone and clay and is situated on a small semicircular turf terrace on the west side of the Canal, at its north end. The pond frames the statue of the Wrestlers. This arrangement of terrace, pond, and statue was originally complemented by a semicircular amphitheatre at the south end of the Canal, where the original statue of Hercules remains. Half Moon Pond is part of a group that includes Moon and Crescent Ponds. The Reservoir at the south end of the gardens is sometimes referred to as Half Moon Pond.

Local climate

Half Moon 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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