Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1975. Statue.
Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-banister-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1975
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of St George, Princes Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 646 743
- Coordinates
- 51.444, 0.36802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Princess Pocahontas is a life-sized bronze sculpture created in the 20th century, specifically in 1957, and cast from the original work by W.A. Partridge. The statue depicts Pocahontas in Native American dress, standing approximately 1.5 meters high. She is shown walking with her head held high and arms open, as if pleading with her father to spare the life of the settler John Smith. Her expression conveys concern, reflecting the tension of the moment. The statue faces north towards the River Thames, the route by which she arrived at Gravesend.
The statue is mounted on a battered granite plinth that is about 2 meters tall, bringing the total height of the monument to around 3.5 meters. The top of the plinth features an inset panel with carved crossed spears on a bed of leaves, along with the inscription '1595-1617'. Lower down on the plinth, there is a carved inscription that reads 'POCAHONTAS'. This monument is located in the Princess Gardens in Gravesend, Kent, next to the west door of the Church of St George.
Local climate
Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of St George sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings