Statue of Charity in Courtyard of Fishermans Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1998. Statue.
Statue of Charity in Courtyard of Fishermans Hospital
- WRENN ID
- small-iron-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1998
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Charity in Courtyard of Fishermans Hospital, Church Plain
- OS grid reference
- TG 524 078
- Coordinates
- 52.61007, 1.72723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Charity, located in the courtyard of Fishermen's Hospital in Great Yarmouth, is a Grade II listed structure, likely created around 1702. It underwent repairs in 1960 and was restored by English Heritage in 1987. The statue is made of painted cast lead and stands on a brick plinth, which was added in 1987. The sculpture depicts a nearly life-size female figure representing Charity, dressed in drapery, holding an infant in her right arm while shielding a child who stands by her left leg.
Local climate
Statue of Charity in Courtyard of Fishermans Hospital receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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