Statue of General Sir Charles Napier is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Memorial statue.
Statue of General Sir Charles Napier
- WRENN ID
- idle-storey-crimson
- 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
- Memorial statue
- Address
- Statue of General Sir Charles Napier, Trafalgar Square Wc2, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50776, -0.12853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of General Sir Charles Napier is a memorial statue located in Trafalgar Square, Westminster. It was created in 1855 by G. G. Adams and is made of bronze mounted on a granite pedestal. The statue depicts Sir Charles Napier in the uniform of the "Hero of Sind," who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army for the East India Company. This statue was funded by subscriptions from private soldiers who had served under Napier in India, and it replaces one of Barry's bollards.
Local climate
Statue of General Sir Charles Napier 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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