George F. Watts is singularly the most enigmatic character in Victorian art and almost impossible to pigeonhole. A Londoner born and bred, it wasn’t until late in Watts’ life that he took up sculpture, but when he did he produced some of the great masterpieces of his age. ‘Physical Energy’ stands proudly at the centre of the park and has become a symbol of the innovative Victorian age. The statue is world famous, priceless and available for all to see in beautiful pastoral surroundings.
