Statue and Pedestal on West Side of the Canal, South End is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. Statue. 2 related planning applications.
Statue and Pedestal on West Side of the Canal, South End
- WRENN ID
- roaming-pewter-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1967
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue and Pedestal on West Side of the Canal, South End, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
- OS grid reference
- SE 279 686
- Coordinates
- 54.11258, -1.57376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue and pedestal on the west side of the canal at the south end of Studley Park, known as the statue of Hercules wrestling Anteus, was created around 1730 for John Aislabie. This limestone statue is set on an ashlar pedestal, with an overall height of approximately 3 metres. The pedestal features a moulded plinth and cornice. The statue depicts Hercules, who is supported by a tree trunk, lifting Anteus high into the air. It is positioned at the focus of a small semicircular terraced open-air theatre, near the Rustic Bridge and the original southern limit of the gardens.
Local climate
Statue and Pedestal on West Side of the Canal, South End 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Statue of Hercules and Antaesis on West Side of North Lawn at the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1877 2176
- 2 Statue Approximately 30 Metres South East of Harrowden Hall
- 3 Statue of Hercules at North End of Central Alley Ruvnning North from the Bury at Grid Reference Tl 1896 2215
- 4 Statue of Hercules in the south-east of Wrest Park
- 5 Statue Approximately 60 Metres South East of Harrowden Hall
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