Approx 16cm 

In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building. The term originates from the French gargouille, originally "throat" or "gullet"; and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water.

A grotesque figure is a sculpture that does not work as a waterspout and serves only an ornamental or artistic function. These are also usually called gargoyles in layman's terminology.

Gargoyles are said to scare off and protect from any evil or harmful spirits.