Statue of Queen Victoria is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Monument.

Statue of Queen Victoria

WRENN ID
vast-brick-khaki
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Monument
Address
Statue of Queen Victoria, St Nicholas' Square
OS grid reference
NZ 249 640
Coordinates
54.97028, -1.61163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Queen Victoria is a Grade II* listed monument located in St. Nicholas' Square, Newcastle upon Tyne. It was created around 1900 by the sculptor Alfred Gilbert. The statue features a pink granite pedestal with diagonal pilasters and bowed sides, supporting a bronze statue of Queen Victoria seated in a chair beneath an elaborate canopy. The pedestal is inscribed with the phrase "THE THRONE IS ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS." The statue was unveiled in 1903 and was a gift from W.H. Stephenson to commemorate 500 years of the shrievalty of Newcastle, spanning from 1400 to 1900.

Local climate

Statue of Queen Victoria receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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