Statue of Charles Compton, 3rd Lord Chesham is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1973. Statue.

Statue of Charles Compton, 3rd Lord Chesham

WRENN ID
secret-step-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1973
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Charles Compton, 3rd Lord Chesham, Market Square, Aylesbury
OS grid reference
SP 819 136
Coordinates
51.81585, -0.81224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of Charles Compton, 3rd Lord Chesham, was erected in 1907. It is made of bronze and stands on a stone pedestal, with a stone dwarf wall behind it. The statue was created by the artist J. Tweed.

Local climate

Statue of Charles Compton, 3rd Lord Chesham receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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