Victoria Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Memorial.

Victoria Memorial

WRENN ID
high-lime-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1983
Type
Memorial
Address
Victoria Memorial, Princes Way Bd1
OS grid reference
SE 161 328
Coordinates
53.79136, -1.75663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Victoria Memorial is a Grade II listed structure located on Princes Way, unveiled by the Prince of Wales, George V, in 1904. It features a striking bronze standing figure dressed in Imperial robes, sculpted by Alfred Drury. The memorial is elevated on a plinth and situated on a balustraded terrace designed by architect J W Simpson, who is also known for his work on Cartwright Hall.

Local climate

Victoria Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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