Statue of Thomas Waghorn is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1952. Statue.

Statue of Thomas Waghorn

WRENN ID
worn-beam-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Chatham and Aylesford MP: Tristan Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1952
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Thomas Waghorn, New Road
OS grid reference
TQ 756 677
Coordinates
51.38131, 0.52226
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Thomas Waghorn, erected in 1888, is a notable monument located on New Road in Chatham. Designed by founder J Moore, the statue is made of limestone ashlar and bronze. It features a square battered plinth adorned with cast panels that are inscribed with the following text: "THOMAS F WAGHORN/LIEUT R N, PIONEER AND FOUNDER OF THE OVERLAND ROUTE/BORN CHATHAM 1800/DIED JANUARY 7 1850." Atop the plinth stands a figure of Waghorn in a coat, holding a map and pointing north.

Local climate

Statue of Thomas Waghorn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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