Statue in Friary Park is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. A 20th century Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Statue in Friary Park

WRENN ID
narrow-bracket-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Constituency
Finchley and Golders Green MP: Sarah Sackman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1983
Type
Statue
Address
Statue in Friary Park, Friern Barnet Lane N12
OS grid reference
TQ 274 926
Coordinates
51.61843, -0.16078
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue in Friary Park, located on Friern Barnet Lane, was erected around 1910 in memory of Edward VII by Sidney Simmons, a Justice of the Peace. It was dedicated on 7 May 1910, the day after the King's death.

Local climate

Statue in Friary Park 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 98% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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