Column of Victory is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Monument.
Column of Victory
- WRENN ID
- hidden-steeple-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Column of Victory, Blenheim
- OS grid reference
- SP 435 169
- Coordinates
- 51.84988, -1.36957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Column of Victory is a Grade II listed structure located in Blenheim, erected between 1727 and 1730 by Lord Herbert, who later became the ninth Earl of Pembroke. The design was created by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and it features a statue of the Duke of Marlborough, depicted as Caesar, crafted by Sir Henry Cheere. The column is made of limestone ashlar and is fluted in the Doric style, topped with a lead statue and Roman eagles. A commemorative inscription on the plinth was written by Lord Bolingbroke. This column commemorates Marlborough's military victories and was inspired by a suggestion from Vanbrugh, with Hawksmoor's designs influenced by the pillar in Piazza Navona, Rome. The masons responsible for its construction were Townesend and Peisley. Blenheim Park, where the column is located, is also recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
Local climate
Column of Victory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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