Statue of Hercules is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Statue.
Statue of Hercules
- WRENN ID
- other-spindle-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1998
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Hercules, Chirk Castle, Chirk
- OS grid reference
- SJ 271 380
- Coordinates
- 52.93506, -3.08566
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Statue of Hercules is a Grade II listed structure, featuring a copy of the Farnese Hercules. This over-life-sized figure, depicted in a relaxed pose, is made of lead and leans against a tree stump, draped with a lion skin. His club is also resting on the stump. The statue is mounted on a base that bears the inscription SIGNUM HERCULIS DEFATIGATI IN AEDIBUS FARNESIIS ROMAE GLYCONIS ATHENIENSIS MANU ELABORATUM. In 1983, the statue was placed on a new stone die, which features the inscription HEROS MULTIVAGUS. / LIQUIDUM TRANS AET / HERA.VECTUS.AMPH / ITRYONIADES.EN RE/ NOVATUS ADEST. MC / MLXXXVII on its east face.
Local climate
Statue of Hercules receives an average of 870 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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