Statue of Queen Anne is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. Statue.
Statue of Queen Anne
- WRENN ID
- broken-iron-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Queen Anne, Wellington, Minehead
- OS grid reference
- SS 967 461
- Coordinates
- 51.20534, -3.47903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Queen Anne, located in Minehead, was created in 1719 by the sculptor Francis Bird. This over-life-size statue depicts Queen Anne in full court dress, complete with regalia. The pedestal and canopy, designed by H Dare Bryan, were added in 1893 and are made of marble and freestone. The statue is set on a cuboid marble plinth featuring a moulded cornice. Behind the statue stands an ashlar wall approximately 5 meters high, adorned with a dentilled pediment and cornice, which features an inscription in Art Nouveau lettering along with the date. Above the statue is a half dome supported by four marble columns that rest on a pierced balustrade at the front. Historically, Sir Joseph Bancks, who served as the Member of Parliament for Minehead from 1698 to 1713, commissioned the statue to resemble one located in St Paul's Cathedral. Initially, it was placed in St Michael's Church on St Michael's Road but was relocated to Wellington Square in 1893.
Local climate
Statue of Queen Anne sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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