Statue of King Alfred is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Statue of King Alfred
- WRENN ID
- lone-steel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of King Alfred, Market Place, Wantage
- OS grid reference
- SU 398 879
- Coordinates
- 51.58858, -1.42648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of King Alfred, located in Wantage Market Place, was created in 1877 by Count Gleichen of Hohenlohe-Foedore, who was the nephew of Queen Victoria. This statue is made of Italian marble and was presented to the town of Wantage by Colonel Sir Robert Loyd-Lindsay, who later became Lord Wantage. The statue was unveiled by the Prince and Princess of Wales in the same year, 1877.
Local climate
Statue of King Alfred receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
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