Queen Victoria Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Monument. 2 related planning applications.
Queen Victoria Monument
- WRENN ID
- over-brick-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Queen Victoria Monument, Derby Square
- OS grid reference
- SJ 342 902
- Coordinates
- 53.40499, -2.99025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen Victoria Monument is a canopied structure located in Derby Square, completed in 1902 by F.M. Simpson in collaboration with Willink and Thicknesse, with sculptures by Charles Allen added in 1906. The monument features a circular stone base with steps, which is further elevated by additional steps arranged in a cross plan. There are seats in the angles and urns at the ends, along with four sculptured figure groups positioned in the inner angles, representing Education, Industry, Commerce, and Agriculture.
Atop the base is a circular domed pavilion supported by four sets of four coupled Ionic columns, which are adorned with a circular cornice and sculptured figures at each angle symbolizing justice, wisdom, charity, and peace. At the pinnacle of the dome stands a trumpeting angel, representing fame. Beneath this baldachin is a bronze statue of Queen Victoria, which was originally covered in gold mosaic.
Local climate
Queen Victoria Monument sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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