Lady Henry Somerset Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1958. Memorial.

Lady Henry Somerset Memorial

WRENN ID
nether-newel-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1958
Type
Memorial
Address
Lady Henry Somerset Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens Wc2, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 310 808
Coordinates
51.51121, -0.11252
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lady Henry Somerset Memorial is a memorial drinking fountain located on Victoria Embankment in the City of Westminster. It was designed by G E Wade and completed in 1897. The fountain features a granite pedestal and was originally topped with a bronze figure of a girl holding a shallow basin, which has since been stolen.

Local climate

Lady Henry Somerset Memorial 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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