Gladstone's Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. Statue. 2 related planning applications.
Gladstone's Statue
- WRENN ID
- stony-flint-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Gladstone's Statue, Albert Square, M2 5PF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 838 980
- Coordinates
- 53.47913, -2.2455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gladstone's Statue is a Grade II listed statue of W.E. Gladstone, who was a Liberal statesman and Prime Minister from 1809 to 1898. The statue was created in 1901 by W. Theed, Jr. It features a polished granite pedestal set on a sandstone base. The base is octagonal and consists of two steps, leading up to a moulded octagonal plinth that supports the straight-sided pedestal. The pedestal has large inverted consoles at the corners and a carved frieze. The statue depicts Gladstone standing in a pose of declamation, with one hand raised and pointing.
Local climate
Gladstone's Statue sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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