Queen Victoria Statue and Public Toilets is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. A 20th century Statue and public toilets. 1 related planning application.

Queen Victoria Statue and Public Toilets

WRENN ID
guardian-pewter-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1994
Type
Statue and public toilets
Address
Queen Victoria Statue and Public Toilets, Queen Victoria Square, HU1 3RA
OS grid reference
TA 096 287
Coordinates
53.74371, -0.33922
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Queen Victoria statue and public toilets are located in Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull. The statue, created by C. Fehr, was installed in 1903 and features a larger than life-size standing bronze figure of Queen Victoria in Imperial robes. It is set on a rectangular Portland stone pedestal that has a cornice and rusticated coved corners. The pedestal includes relief panels and inscriptions, with larger than life-size allegorical female figures on pedestals at the north and south sides, connected to the main pedestal by a moulded string course. The base is a double chamfered plinth with a stepped design.

The public toilets, constructed around 1925 and restored in 1989, are made of grey granite and have an elliptical plan, primarily situated below ground. The central platform supports the statue and features a corniced balustrade with chamfered coping, divided into four sections. Each section ends with panelled rectangular pedestals topped with cast-iron latticework globe lamps. Between the pedestals, there is a plain low wall with an opening leading to steps, and curved steps provide access to the central platform. The interior of the toilets retains original earthenware stalls, cisterns, and cubicles in the Gents section.

Local climate

Queen Victoria Statue and Public Toilets receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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