Statue of Robert Clayton at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1979. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Statue of Robert Clayton at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital
- WRENN ID
- tangled-rotunda-ebony
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1979
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Robert Clayton at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7EH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 305 794
- Coordinates
- 51.49915, -0.12008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Robert Clayton is located at the north entrance to the ward block of the North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital. Dated 1714, the statue features a Latin inscription on the plinth, which translates to describe Clayton as the President and benefactor of the hospital. The marble figure depicts him in legal robes and a full wig, holding a scroll. The plinth is adorned with cherubs. This statue was moved to its current location from the old hospital in Southwark around 1870. It was sculpted by Grinling Gibbons.
Local climate
Statue of Robert Clayton at North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital 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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