Roger Maris applied new gold leaf, and Sandy Browne re-erected him, and painted in his red eyes.

So why has he stopped turning, in order to point resolutely true East?

Mr Harness says that all his measurements appear to be metric, so he may be French. At the time he was made, there were many French craftsmen working in England, for example on the decoration of the Rothschilds' Waddesdon Manor.