Statue of Sir Rowland Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1980. Statue.

Statue of Sir Rowland Hill

WRENN ID
floating-loggia-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1980
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Sir Rowland Hill, Vicar Street, Kidderminster
OS grid reference
SO 831 765
Coordinates
52.38686, -2.24847
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Sir Rowland Hill, dating from around 1881, was created by Sir Thomas Brock. It features a circular granite plinth supporting a standing stone statue. The statue is inscribed with the words 'Born at Kidderminster 1795 buried in Westminster Abbey 1879' and 'To his creative mind and patient energy the world is indebted for the Penny Postage introduced 1840'.

Local climate

Statue of Sir Rowland Hill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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.

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