Statue of Queen Victoria is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Statue of Queen Victoria
- WRENN ID
- far-balcony-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Queen Victoria, Guildhall Square, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SU 641 001
- Coordinates
- 50.79737, -1.09183
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Queen Victoria, created in 1903 by Alfred Drury, is located in Guildhall Square, Landport, Portsmouth. Originally positioned nearby, it was moved to its current location during the construction of Guildhall Square in 1972. The statue is made of bronze and depicts an aged Queen Victoria, set on a high, four-sided plinth with a cornice and a moulded base made of granite.
The main bronze plaque on the plinth features the inscription 'Victoria Regina et imperatrix 1837 - 1901'. Another plaque at the top of the plinth displays the borough crest, while an additional plaque notes that the statue was 'Erected by public subscription during the Majority of Sir William T Dupree and unveiled on July 8th 1903 by Lady Dupree'. A stone base inscription states, 'These stones were laid 19th December 1972 to mark the building of the Civic Offices and Guildhall Square'.
Local climate
Statue of Queen Victoria receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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