Statue of Field Marshal Lord Napier is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Statue.

Statue of Field Marshal Lord Napier

WRENN ID
fallen-foundation-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Field Marshal Lord Napier, Kensington Road W8, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 264 796
Coordinates
51.5013, -0.18028
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The statue of Field Marshal Lord Napier is a bronze equestrian statue commemorating Lord Napier, who lived from 1810 to 1890. It is set on a base made of grey granite and is located on Kensington Road in the City of Westminster.

Local climate

Statue of Field Marshal Lord Napier sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Statue of Lord Napier of Magdala in Centre of Roadway at North End Next to Kensington Road Grade II 1 m
  2. 25, Kensington Gore SW7 Grade II 28 m
  3. Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Queen's Gate Grade II* 37 m
  4. Lodge at Queen's Gate Grade II 55 m
  5. 196, Queen's Gate SW7 Grade II 66 m
  6. Balustrade to Forecourt of Number 1 to 8 Grade II 67 m
  7. Royal College of Art Grade II 95 m
  8. Balustrade to Forecourt of Numbers 35 to 37 Grade II 98 m
  9. 36, Hyde Park Gate SW7 Grade II 104 m
  10. Queen Alexandra's House Grade II 131 m