Statue of Lord George Bentinck (At South End of Square Garden) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Statue.

Statue of Lord George Bentinck (At South End of Square Garden)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Lord George Bentinck (At South End of Square Garden), Cavendish Square W1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 288 813
Coordinates
51.51622, -0.14489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of Lord George Bentinck, located at the south end of Cavendish Square garden, was created in 1851 by the sculptor Thomas Campbell. It features a bronze standing figure mounted on a plain red granite pedestal.

Local climate

Statue of Lord George Bentinck (At South End of Square Garden) 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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