Statue of Queen Victoria on Front Lawn of Royal Victoria Infirmary is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. A Edwardian Statue. 6 related planning applications.

Statue of Queen Victoria on Front Lawn of Royal Victoria Infirmary

WRENN ID
muted-chamber-thunder
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
Statue
Period
Edwardian
Address
Statue of Queen Victoria on Front Lawn of Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, NE1 4LP
OS grid reference
NZ 244 649
Coordinates
54.97847, -1.61976
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Queen Victoria, located on the front lawn of the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a Grade II* listed monument dated 1906 and signed by the artist George Frampton, R.A. The statue is made of white marble and stands on a high square pedestal, which features four low square buttresses at its corners. The pedestal has side panels with curved heads that bear inscriptions: "VICTORIA OF ENGLAND/1837-1901/"; "UNVEILED BY KING EDWARD VII/JULY 11, 1906/"; and "THE GIFT OF SIR RILEY LORD/1906." The surrounding area includes a paved square terrace with indented corners, steps on the sides opposite the hospital entrance, and flanking dwarf walls with wide sloped coping. The statue depicts a young Queen Victoria in robes, holding an orb, sceptre, and crown.

Local climate

Statue of Queen Victoria on Front Lawn of Royal Victoria Infirmary 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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