Statue of Alfred the Great is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1950. Statue.
Statue of Alfred the Great
- WRENN ID
- buried-rotunda-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1950
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Alfred the Great, High Street, SO23 9BE
- OS grid reference
- SU 485 293
- Coordinates
- 51.06126, -1.30905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Alfred the Great, located on the south side of High Street, is a Grade II listed monument created by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft. This statue features a standing bronze figure set on a rough block granite base. It is inscribed with the words 'Aelfred, To the Founder of the Kingdom and Nation'.
Local climate
Statue of Alfred the Great receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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