Statue Of Queen Victoria, Queen's Cross, Rubislaw, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Statue.

Statue Of Queen Victoria, Queen's Cross, Rubislaw, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
ragged-hearth-nightshade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NJ 924 058
Coordinates
57.14307, -2.12695
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of Queen Victoria, located at Queen's Cross in Rubislaw, Aberdeen, was created by C B Birch, ARA, and the plinth was made by Messrs Alexander Macdonald & Co. It was completed in 1893. The statue features a square-plan polished pink granite plinth that has the inscription "VICTORIA RI." Atop the plinth is a bronze statue of Queen Victoria, depicted holding a sceptre and an orb.

Local climate

Statue Of Queen Victoria, Queen's Cross, Rubislaw, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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