The statue is 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) high,[1] cast in bronze, and depicts the late British prime minister Baroness Thatcher, dressed in the full ceremonial robes of the House of Lords.

[2] Created by sculptor Douglas Jennings, and costing £300,000, it was erected on 15 May 2022, on St Peter's Hill Green, close to the Grantham Museum.

[5][6] The work by Douglas Jennings was initially intended to stand close to the Houses of Parliament, but it was rejected by Westminster City Council in 2018 when councillors said it was too soon after her death, commented about "monument saturation",[7] and expressed fears that it would become a focus for "civil disobedience and vandalism".

Jeremy Webster, deputy director of the Attenborough Arts Centre at the University of Leicester, was alleged to have thrown the eggs.

[14] Pictures which subsequently circulated online, showing a dildo on top of the statue's head, proved to be fake.

[17] The Conservative leader of South Kesteven council, Kelham Cooke, said: "Margaret Thatcher will always be a significant part of Grantham's heritage...