Statue of Sir Francis Drake is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Statue.
Statue of Sir Francis Drake
- WRENN ID
- second-bronze-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth Road, Tavistock
- OS grid reference
- SX 475 739
- Coordinates
- 50.54528, -4.15276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Sir Francis Drake was erected in 1883 at the expense of the Ninth Duke of Bedford. It features a standing bronze figure created by J E Boehm, depicting Drake with a sword, poignard, and globe. The statue is mounted on a square granite plinth that includes bronze reliefs illustrating four scenes from the life of Sir Francis Drake, who was an Admiral and Navigator from 1542 to 1596. This statue is the original depiction of Drake, while the one located on Plymouth Hoe is a replica.
Local climate
Statue of Sir Francis Drake sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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