Statue of Rowland Hill is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Statue.

Statue of Rowland Hill

WRENN ID
quartered-roof-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Rowland Hill, King Edward Street Ec1, City and County of the City of London, EC1A 1HQ
OS grid reference
TQ 320 814
Coordinates
51.51633, -0.09864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Rowland Hill, located on King Edward Street, was created in 1881 by the sculptor E Onslow Ford. It features a standing bronze figure set on a pink granite base.

Local climate

Statue of Rowland Hill 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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