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
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.
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