Queen Victoria Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1970. Monument. 5 related planning applications.
Queen Victoria Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twisted-hammer-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1970
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Queen Victoria Memorial, Dalton Square
- OS grid reference
- SD 478 616
- Coordinates
- 54.04786, -2.79771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen Victoria Memorial is a monument located in Dalton Square, Lancaster, and was completed in 1906. It was designed by Herbert Hampton and presented by Lord Ashton. The memorial is made of Portland stone ashlar and features bronze reliefs and statuary.
The main structure consists of a large square plinth, approximately 7 meters on each side, which is mounted on two steps. The plinth has hollow sides and rounded corners, with its base shaped like a seat that has a hollowed back-rest. Above a prominent cornice, the sides of the plinth are adorned with large bas-relief panels depicting groups of notable Victorians, framed by bronze pilasters. The corners of the plinth feature high-relief representations of Wisdom, Truth, Liberty, and Justice, each depicted as a seated woman surrounded by angels and putti.
Atop the plinth, seated lions guard a tall tapered pedestal, which supports a statue of Queen Victoria. The statue portrays her as elderly yet sternly regal, holding a mace and facing the Town Hall to the south. The south side of the pedestal includes an inscription in bronze lettering that reads 'VICTORIA 1837-1901', beneath a roundel carved with the Royal Arms. The north side features another inscription in similar lettering: 'GIVEN TO HIS NATIVE TOWN BY LORD ASHTON A.D. 1906'.
Local climate
Queen Victoria Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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