In the past Oxford residents knew it was time to turn on the central heating if the city's famous Triton statue was frozen over.
Now rail consultant Ian Baxter, who lives in Binsey, says the statue, moved from its original location outside the old Radcliffe Infirmary to Castle Mill university flats, has effectively been frozen out and should be moved to a more prominent location.
The original Triton statue of half-man, half-fish Triton in front of the former hospital building, was removed and replaced by a replica as part of the major redevelopment of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in 2020.
But Mr Baxter says this has meant the original statue has been left out in the cold, in a glass case at the university flats.
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He said: "The university has done an excellent job creating the replica of Triton, and they did an equally splendid piece of work conserving the original.
"But I don't think it is in the right place now - the location has nothing to do with the NHS and there is no plaque or interpretation - it looks like Triton is trying to escape."
Mr Baxter has suggested the original Triton statue should be moved to the John Radcliffe Hospital site, or the Ashmolean Museum.
He worked at the Radcliffe Infirmary site as a social worker in the 1980s.
According to mythology, Triton was the son of Poseidon, the Greek sea-god, who ordered him to blow on a trumpet made of a conch shell to soothe the waves.
The statue, in terra cotta, was erected following public subscription in 1857.
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This story was written by Andy Ffrench, he joined the team more than 20 years ago and now covers community news across Oxfordshire.
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