Queen Victoria's Statue, Albert Square, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. Statue.

Queen Victoria's Statue, Albert Square, Dundee

WRENN ID
forbidden-gravel-wren
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 February 1965
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NO 402 304
Coordinates
56.46283, -2.97132
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Queen Victoria's Statue, located in Albert Square, Dundee, was created by Harry Bates in 1899. This bronze statue features an enthroned and crowned figure of Queen Victoria holding an orb. Surrounding the statue is a frieze that depicts various scenes from her life. The statue is set on a moulded polished Peterhead granite pedestal, which is supported by a wide, shallowly stepped base.

Local climate

Queen Victoria's Statue, Albert Square, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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