Statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Statue.
Statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig
- WRENN ID
- first-obsidian-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig, Statue of the Field Marshal Earl Haig, Whitehall, Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50427, -0.12625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig is a Grade II* listed bronze equestrian statue set on a pedestal made of Portland stone. The statue depicts Haig, who is hatless and dressed in an open greatcoat over his uniform, holding a scroll in his right hand while seated on a powerful horse. The horse stands with its hind legs parallel and its left foreleg raised, its neck arched and head drawn in on a short rein. The statue is mounted on a rising bronze base that features anthemion decoration at the front. It is signed ‘Alfred Hardiman 1936’ on the front.
The pedestal, which is rounded at the north end, has an inscription on the front that reads FIELD MARSHAL / EARL HAIG, / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF / OF THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE / 1915-1918, beneath a cartouche displaying the Haig arms, surrounded by the Order of the Thistle and topped with a coronet. On the rear (north) end, there is the inscription ERECTED BY PARLIAMENT.
Local climate
Statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig 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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