Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1974. Statue.
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square Gardens
- WRENN ID
- scarred-vestry-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1974
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52504, -0.12901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, located in Tavistock Square Gardens, was created around 1968 by the sculptor Fredda Brilliant. This bronze figure depicts Gandhi in the lotus position and is set on a Portland stone base that features a frontal alcove. The statue is inscribed with the words "Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948."
Local climate
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square 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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