Statue of Icarus in Serpentine Pond to NE of Leighton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 December 1982. Statue.
Statue of Icarus in Serpentine Pond to NE of Leighton Hall
- WRENN ID
- narrow-arch-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 December 1982
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Icarus in Serpentine Pond to NE of Leighton Hall, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 241 046
- Coordinates
- 52.63454, -3.12192
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The statue of Icarus, dating from the 19th century, is located in the Serpentine Pond to the northeast of Leighton Hall. It depicts Icarus falling headlong through the surface of the water.
Local climate
Statue of Icarus in Serpentine Pond to NE of Leighton Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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