Statue and Surround to Pool Approximately 4 Metres to South of Orangery at Norton Conyers House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. A 18th century Sculpture.
Statue and Surround to Pool Approximately 4 Metres to South of Orangery at Norton Conyers House
- WRENN ID
- cold-bronze-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Sculpture
- Period
- 18th century
- OS grid reference
- SE 317 763
- Coordinates
- 54.18185, -1.51428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue and its surrounding pool, dating from the 18th century, are located approximately 4 metres south of the Orangery at Norton Conyers House. The statue features a lead figure of an African man in a feathered skirt, positioned on one knee and holding a multi-faceted sundial on his head. This figure stands on an ashlar pedestal that is about 1 metre high. The pool itself is circular, lined with ashlar blocks, and measures approximately 2.5 metres in diameter. On the north side of the sundial, there is a painted inscription that reads 'per W. Freeman' and 'MDCCX...'.
Local climate
Statue and Surround to Pool Approximately 4 Metres to South of Orangery at Norton Conyers House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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