Statue in Garden of William Shakespeare at West Ham Precinct of the University of East London is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Statue in Garden of William Shakespeare at West Ham Precinct of the University of East London
- WRENN ID
- dark-solder-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1984
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue in Garden of William Shakespeare at West Ham Precinct of the University of East London, Water Lane, E15, E15 4LZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 394 846
- Coordinates
- 51.54344, 0.0091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of William Shakespeare, dated 1846, is located in the garden at the West Ham precinct of the University of East London. The statue features a Coade stone base and a standing figure of Shakespeare, which has now been whitewashed. A bronze plaque on the statue commemorates its presentation to West Ham County Borough in February 1923. The site was formerly known as West Ham Precinct of the North-East London Polytechnic and West Ham College of Technology, Library and Museum.
Local climate
Statue in Garden of William Shakespeare at West Ham Precinct of the University of East London 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
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