Memorial to Wfd Smith on A Seat Pedestal on North East Side of Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Monument.
Memorial to Wfd Smith on A Seat Pedestal on North East Side of Gardens
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Memorial to Wfd Smith on A Seat Pedestal on North East Side of Gardens, Lincolns Inn Fields
- OS grid reference
- TQ 308 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51695, -0.1156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a memorial to WFD Smith, the 2nd Viscount Hambleden, located on a seat pedestal on the north-east side of Lincoln's Inn Fields gardens. It was created around 1929-1930, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with the bust sculpted by Arthur Walker. The bronze bust is currently missing, having been stolen in the 1970s. The pedestal is made of Portland stone and is designed in the form of a seat. It features an inscribed central panel that provides a biography of Smith, while the rear of the pedestal has a carved coat of arms in the central panel.
Local climate
Memorial to Wfd Smith on A Seat Pedestal on North East Side of Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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