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

Statue of Lord Herbert of Lea

WRENN ID
vacant-sentry-bone
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 Lord Herbert of Lea, Waterloo Place Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 296 803
Coordinates
51.50731, -0.13256
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Lord Herbert of Lea is a memorial statue created in 1867 by J. H. Foley. It features a bronze standing portrait of Lord Herbert, who served as Secretary-at-War, was an army reformer, and was a friend and supporter of Florence Nightingale. The statue is set on a granite pedestal and is part of the Guards Crimean War Memorial composition, located on an island site in the center of Waterloo Place in the City of Westminster.

Local climate

Statue of Lord Herbert of Lea 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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