Statue of General Gordon is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Statue.

Statue of General Gordon

WRENN ID
other-groin-meadow
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 General Gordon, Victoria Embankment Gardens Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 303 800
Coordinates
51.50453, -0.12381
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of General Gordon is a memorial statue located on Victoria Embankment in the City of Westminster. It was created between 1887 and 1888 by the sculptor Hamo Thornycroft. The statue is made of bronze and is larger than life, depicting General Gordon of Khartoum. It stands on a Portland stone base that features decorative elements and two bronze plaques.

Local climate

Statue of General Gordon 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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