Statue on Island Site in Front of South London College and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Statue.

Statue on Island Site in Front of South London College and Railings

WRENN ID
roaming-plinth-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Statue
Address
Statue on Island Site in Front of South London College and Railings, Tooley Street, SE1 2JR
OS grid reference
TQ 334 799
Coordinates
51.50291, -0.0781
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue, located on an island site in front of South London College, was created in 1910 by the sculptor Sydney March. It features a bronze figure dressed in mayoral robes, standing on a tall stone plinth. The plinth is inscribed with the name Samuel Bourne Bevington, along with his dates of birth and death (1832-1907), and details of his military service as Colonel Commanding of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment from 1884 to 1889. It also notes that he was the first Mayor of Bermondsey from 1900 to 1902, and the statue was erected by his fellow citizens. The statue is surrounded by decorated iron railings.

Local climate

Statue on Island Site in Front of South London College and Railings 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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