Statue Of Queen Victoria, Leith Walk, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 1995. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Statue Of Queen Victoria, Leith Walk, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
riven-cellar-bittern
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 1995
Type
Statue
Address
Statue Of Queen Victoria, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5AE
OS grid reference
NT 269 759
Coordinates
55.97072, -3.1717
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of Queen Victoria, created by John Stevenson Rhind in 1907, is a bronze pedestrian statue set on a sandstone pedestal, which was added in 1986. The pedestal features consoled, chamfered angles and a cornice, along with bronze bas relief plaques and cartouches. At the base, there is a circular granite plinth from 1986, adorned with decorative wrought-iron at the foot of the pedestal. The statue includes commemorative plaques for the 5th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Scots, referencing their service in South Africa from 1900 to 1902, as well as a plaque commemorating Queen Victoria's entry into Leith in September 1842, which is also signed by J S Rhind and dated 1912.

Local climate

Statue Of Queen Victoria, Leith Walk, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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