Statue of Lord Kitchener is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Statue.

Statue of Lord Kitchener

WRENN ID
long-balcony-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Lord Kitchener, Horse Guards Parade Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 300 799
Coordinates
51.50389, -0.128
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Lord Kitchener is a memorial statue created in 1926 by John Tweed. It is made of bronze and stands on a Portland stone base and platform. The statue is positioned against a stone screen that is adjacent to the garden wall of No. 10 Downing Street.

Local climate

Statue of Lord Kitchener 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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