Edwardes Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Edwardes Statue
- WRENN ID
- south-spindle-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Edwardes Statue, Esplanade, Weymouth, DT4 8DJ
- OS grid reference
- SY 680 789
- Coordinates
- 50.60903, -2.45228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edwardes Statue is a commemorative statue dedicated to Sir Henry Edwardes, created in 1885 by W and T Wills. The statue is made of white Sicilian marble and stands on a plinth of Cornish granite. The figure is over life-size and is positioned on a square pedestal approximately 3 meters high. This pedestal features a blocking course on a moulded capping, a tall shaft with an inscription, a moulded plinth, and a double-stepped base. The inscription includes: "Erected by public inscription AD 1885.. (to) Sir HENRY EDWARDES, MP, One of the Representatives of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis....... to 1885, When the town ceased to be A Parliamentary Borough."
A historical note mentions that the Southern Times on 16 January 1886 reported the public unveiling of the statue, praising it as "a splendid work of art" with "excellent action, being dignified and full of life." The cost of the statue was reported to be close to £800. The article also compared it unfavorably to another statue known as the King's Statue. Sir Henry Edwardes was a significant benefactor to Weymouth, contributing to local projects such as the Almshouses in Rodwell Avenue, which adds to the monument's local historical interest.
Local climate
Edwardes Statue receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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