Statue of William Harvey on Plinth is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Monument.
Statue of William Harvey on Plinth
- WRENN ID
- floating-cloister-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1975
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Statue of William Harvey on Plinth, the Leas
- OS grid reference
- TR 223 355
- Coordinates
- 51.07607, 1.1727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of William Harvey is located on a stone plinth in Folkestone. William Harvey, known for discovering the circulation of the blood, was born in this town. The bronze statue, created by A B Joy in 1881, depicts a full-length figure dressed in 17th century costume, with one hand symbolically touching his heart.
Local climate
Statue of William Harvey on Plinth receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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