Statue of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquis of Westminster is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Statue.
Statue of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquis of Westminster
- WRENN ID
- ghost-thatch-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquis of Westminster, Grosvenor Park
- OS grid reference
- SJ 412 662
- Coordinates
- 53.18993, -2.88101
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Richard Grosvenor, the second Marquis of Westminster, is located on a plinth in Grosvenor Park, Chester. It was created in 1869 by Thomas Thornycroft, funded by the Marquis's tenants, friends, and neighbours after his death in 1867. The statue is made of polished granite and white stone and is more than life-size. The granite plinth is inscribed with the following: "RICHARD : SECOND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER : K.G. : THE GENEROUS LANDLORD : THE FRIEND OF THE DISTRESSED : THE HELPER OF ALL GOOD WORKS : THE BENEFACTOR TO THIS CITY : ERECTED BY TENANTS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS : AD 1869". The Marquis is depicted in Garter robes, bare-headed, with one foot slightly forward, a benevolent expression, and hands extended as if offering help. The statue is strategically placed at the intersection of the main north-south and east-west paths of the park, which was designed by Edward Kemp and features a lodge and other elements by John Douglas. The park was gifted to the City of Chester by the second Marquis of Westminster.
Local climate
Statue of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquis of Westminster receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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