Queen Victoria Statue is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Statue.
Queen Victoria Statue
- WRENN ID
- silver-transept-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1983
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Queen Victoria Statue, West Bank Park, Hill Street, Holgate, YO24 4JB
- OS grid reference
- SE 583 512
- Coordinates
- 53.9542, -1.112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen Victoria Statue, dated 1905, is located in West Bank Park, York. It was sculpted by GW Milburn of York and is made of white marble on a red sandstone base. The statue is life-size and depicts Queen Victoria seated, holding a sceptre, orb, and crown, although the nose is now missing. The base has a rectangular plan with concave sides. The front of the base is inscribed with the words: "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION... QUEEN VICTORIA....BORN 1819. ASCENDED THE THRONE 1837. DIED 1901." Additionally, the left side features a panel carved with the shield of arms of the City of York.
Local climate
Queen Victoria Statue receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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