Lady Godiva Statue is a Grade II* listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1998. A Modern Statue. 20 related planning applications.
Lady Godiva Statue
- WRENN ID
- lunar-cornice-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1998
- Type
- Statue
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Lady Godiva Statue, Broadgate
- OS grid reference
- SP 334 790
- Coordinates
- 52.40803, -1.51039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lady Godiva statue is an equestrian figure created in 1949 by sculptor Sir William Reid Dick, funded by William Bassett-Green. It is made of bronze and stands on a Portland stone base. The base features a rectangular plinth with an overhanging cavetto moulding, and a podium with cavetto and roll mouldings at the bottom, along with battered sides. The design of the base is reminiscent of the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens, with whom Dick had often collaborated before Lutyens' death in 1944.
This statue symbolizes the regeneration of Coventry following its bombing during World War II and was donated to uplift morale during a time when rebuilding was hindered by shortages. It was originally intended to be the focal point of Broadgate, facing the clock tower of Broadgate House, where it could be seen by 'Peeping Tom'. In 1990, Lady Godiva was rotated ninety degrees to face the entrance to the Upper Precinct, aligning her with the axis between the Lower Precinct and the Cathedral.
Local climate
Lady Godiva Statue receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 20 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings