Wellington Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Monument.
Wellington Statue
- WRENN ID
- sunken-bailey-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Wellington Statue, Piccadilly
- OS grid reference
- SJ 844 982
- Coordinates
- 53.4809, -2.23569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wellington Statue is a monument dedicated to the Duke of Wellington, created in 1856 by the sculptor Matthew Noble. It features an ashlar plinth and pedestal with a rectangular plan. The base consists of three steps, and the plinth has projected corners that support seated statues of four allegorical figures. Atop the pedestal is a standing statue of the Duke. The sides of the plinth include relief panels, while the pedestal has inscriptions on its sides.
Local climate
Wellington 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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