King William Lion Monument to West of Medway Port Authority Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1977. Monument.
King William Lion Monument to West of Medway Port Authority Offices
- WRENN ID
- tangled-plaster-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1977
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- King William Lion Monument to West of Medway Port Authority Offices, Sheerness
- OS grid reference
- TQ 913 751
- Coordinates
- 51.44336, 0.75184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King William Lion Monument is a 17th-century stone lion statue located approximately 4 meters to the west of Dockyard House in Sheerness Dockyard. The statue depicts a lion rampant and was originally removed from the main gate of the first Garrison Fort. It is included in the heritage register for its historic interest.
Local climate
King William Lion Monument to West of Medway Port Authority Offices receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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