The Guards Crimean War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Memorial. 15 related planning applications.

The Guards Crimean War Memorial

WRENN ID
swift-basalt-frost
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
Address
The Guards Crimean War Memorial, Waterloo Place Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1Y 4AR
OS grid reference
TQ 296 803
Coordinates
51.50738, -0.13268
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Guards Crimean War Memorial is a memorial built between 1859 and 1860 by John Bell. It features a bronze statuary group set on a granite base and plinth. At the top, there is a symbolic figure of Honour on a taller granite pedestal, with three Guardsmen positioned in front of it. Additionally, the statues of Lord Herbert of Lea and Florence Nightingale are included as subsidiary parts of the overall composition, which is located on an island site in the center of the road.

Local climate

The Guards Crimean War 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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