Statue of Charles I is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. A C17 Statue, equestrian statue. 12 related planning applications.

Statue of Charles I

WRENN ID
inner-trefoil-harvest
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1970
Type
Statue, equestrian statue
Address
Statue of Charles I, City of Westminster, SW1A 2DX
OS grid reference
TQ 300 803
Coordinates
51.50734, -0.12766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Charles I is an equestrian statue cast in 1633 by Hubert Le Sueur. The carved pedestal, made of Portland stone, was provided by Joshua Marshall when the statue was erected on the site of Eleanor Cross in 1674-75. The bronze statue depicts the King in half-armour. This statue is significant as it is the first of its kind in England and was originally commissioned in 1630 by Sir Richard Weston, the Lord Treasurer to Charles I, for his house at Mortlake Park in Roehampton.

Local climate

Statue of Charles I 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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