Statue of Lord Palmerston is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1972. Statue.
Statue of Lord Palmerston
- WRENN ID
- tilted-granite-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1972
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Lord Palmerston, Market Place, Romsey
- OS grid reference
- SU 351 211
- Coordinates
- 50.98909, -1.4999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Lord Palmerston, located in Market Place, is a Grade II listed bronze statue of the 3rd Viscount Palmerston, created by Matthew Noble in 1868. The statue depicts Palmerston standing with his weight on his right leg and his left leg slightly forward. He is dressed in contemporary attire, including a frock coat, with his left arm resting on his hip and holding a manuscript in his left hand. His right arm is extended outward and forward, with an open hand. The statue stands on a tall pink marble plinth, which features the inscription "Palmerston." This statue is part of a group of listed buildings in Corn Market and Market Place.
Local climate
Statue of Lord Palmerston receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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