Statue of Thomas Carlyle, Embankment Gardens 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 Thomas Carlyle, Embankment Gardens

WRENN ID
ancient-keep-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Thomas Carlyle, Embankment Gardens, Chelsea Embankment Sw3
OS grid reference
TQ 272 776
Coordinates
51.48321, -0.16914
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Thomas Carlyle, located in Embankment Gardens, was unveiled in 1882 and created by the sculptor Sir Edgar Boehm. It features a bronze seated figure of Carlyle positioned on a red granite pedestal.

Local climate

Statue of Thomas Carlyle, Embankment Gardens 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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