The Statue of King Edward VII is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Statue. 19 related planning applications.
The Statue of King Edward VII
- WRENN ID
- tenth-tallow-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- The Statue of King Edward VII, Station Approach
- OS grid reference
- SU 715 737
- Coordinates
- 51.45809, -0.97208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of King Edward VII was erected in 1902 to commemorate his coronation. It features a large bronze statue of the King dressed in coronation robes. The statue stands on a high polished granite plinth, which is adorned with Ionic corner scroll balusters and a re-entrant cornice.
Local climate
The Statue of King Edward VII sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 19 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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