Statue of Sir George Cornewall Lewis is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Statue.
Statue of Sir George Cornewall Lewis
- WRENN ID
- twisted-balcony-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1973
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, St Peter's Square, Hereford
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 399
- Coordinates
- 52.05616, -2.71314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, located in St Peter's Square on the east side, was created around 1864 by Baron Marochetti. It is made of bronze and stands on a polished granite plinth. Sir George Cornewall Lewis served as Member of Parliament for the County of Hereford from 1847 to 1852 and held several significant positions including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, and Secretary for War.
Local climate
Statue of Sir George Cornewall Lewis receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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