Statue of Hercules at E of Top Terrace in Powis Castle Gardens is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 February 1996. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Statue of Hercules at E of Top Terrace in Powis Castle Gardens
- WRENN ID
- kindled-turret-torch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1996
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Statue of Hercules at E of Top Terrace in Powis Castle Gardens, Welshpool, SY21 8RF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 216 064
- Coordinates
- 52.65047, -3.15961
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Statue of Hercules is located at the east of the Top Terrace in the gardens of Powis Castle. This lead statue is attributed to the studio of John Van Nost and is believed to have been created for the Baroque water garden, which was largely completed in 1705. The statue is signed by Andries Carpentiere, a pupil of Van Nost, and it likely used lead sourced from the Powis family's own mine in Llangynog, Montgomeryshire. The water gardens were demolished between 1801 and 1809, and it is thought that this statue was moved to its current location shortly thereafter.
The statue depicts Hercules wearing a lion-skin and slaying the hydra, which is carved in stone, while he wields a wooden club. This Baroque sculpture is of exceptional quality and power, and it holds particular historical interest as one of the few surviving relics of the lost Baroque water gardens at Powis.
Local climate
Statue of Hercules at E of Top Terrace in Powis Castle Gardens receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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