Queen Victoria Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Queen Victoria Statue
- WRENN ID
- kindled-copper-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Queen Victoria Statue, Dorchester Road, Weymouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 682 799
- Coordinates
- 50.61875, -2.45075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen Victoria Statue, located on Dorchester Road in Weymouth, is a commemorative statue erected in 1902. It stands approximately 5 meters high overall and features a life-size bronze figure of Queen Victoria atop a Portland stone podium that measures about 2 meters square. The statue faces south along the Esplanade, with its back to the Church of St John.
The square plinth is weathered and has a moulded capping above four decorative panels, resting on a moulded base that consists of two offset square stages and a weathered two-stage platform. The south side of the plinth is inscribed with "VICTORIA. D.G. BRITANNIAR REGINA. FID DEF INDIAE IMP." On the north side, there is a panel that reads: "This memorial erected by public subscription was opened by HRH Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg) October 20th 1902. John Bragg Mayor, Richard Nicholas Howard, Town Clerk." The east face features a carved Arms of the Borough of Melcombe Regis, while the northwest side displays the Royal Arms. The statue is well-positioned at the northern entry to the town, although it is less favourably placed compared to the King's Statue at the southern end of the Esplanade. No sculptor's name is recorded.
Local climate
Queen Victoria 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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