Statue of Thomas Guy in Courtyard of Guys Hospital, Pedestal and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Statue. 4 related planning applications.
Statue of Thomas Guy in Courtyard of Guys Hospital, Pedestal and Railings
- WRENN ID
- vast-vestry-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Thomas Guy in Courtyard of Guys Hospital, Pedestal and Railings, St Thomas Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 328 801
- Coordinates
- 51.50429, -0.08791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Thomas Guy, the founder of Guy's Hospital, is located in the center of the forecourt of the hospital. It was created in 1734 by the sculptor Scheemakers. The statue is made of bronze and stands on a later stone pedestal, which features bronze religious reliefs on two sides. The statue is enclosed by a square of wrought-iron railings that are raised on two steps.
Local climate
Statue of Thomas Guy in Courtyard of Guys Hospital, Pedestal 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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