Statue of Charles II is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Statue.
Statue of Charles II
- WRENN ID
- scattered-glass-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1973
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Charles II, St Marys Square
- OS grid reference
- SO 829 188
- Coordinates
- 51.8678, -2.24914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of King Charles II, created in 1662 by Stephen Baldwyn, is located in St Mary's Square, Gloucester. The statue is made of limestone and has weathered and suffered some damage over time. It was cleaned and repaired in 1960 and is now positioned on a new stone pedestal. An inset plaque on the front of the pedestal reads: "CHARLES II. This statue was carved in 1662 by Stephen Baldwyn and was set up in the Wheat Market in Southgate Street. It was removed in the middle of the eighteenth century and its whereabouts remained obscure until 1945 when it was rediscovered in pieces at Chex Hill. Re-erected in this position in 1960." The statue depicts a slightly larger than life figure of Charles II, crowned and dressed in royal robes. Originally, it was placed within a niche at the north end of the Wheat Market House on Southgate Street, likely not removed until the building was demolished around 1785.
Local climate
Statue of Charles II receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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