William Whiteley Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Monument.

William Whiteley Memorial

WRENN ID
under-pillar-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Monument
Address
William Whiteley Memorial, Monument Green
OS grid reference
TQ 094 624
Coordinates
51.3508, -0.42991
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The William Whiteley Memorial is a statue located in Whiteley Village, created in 1914 by the sculptor George Frampton for William Whiteley. The memorial stands approximately 25 feet high and is made of copper and stone. At the base, there are stone benches and a plinth featuring a square pier adorned with a bay leaf garland. On the north side, there is a copper plaque displaying a profile bust of William Whiteley. The statue is topped with a seated female figure representing Industry, which holds a beehive and caduceus emblems, also made of copper. Whiteley Village was established by William Whiteley of Whiteley's stores to provide for thrifty elderly individuals and was designed in an octagonal layout by Frank Atkinson, utilizing prominent architects of the time.

Local climate

William Whiteley Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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