Edward VII Statue in Whitworth Park to South of Whitworth Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Statue.

Edward VII Statue in Whitworth Park to South of Whitworth Gallery

WRENN ID
tenth-hinge-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Rusholme MP: Afzal Khan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Statue
Address
Edward VII Statue in Whitworth Park to South of Whitworth Gallery, Oxford Road
OS grid reference
SJ 849 958
Coordinates
53.45955, -2.22831
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Edward VII statue in Whitworth Park, located to the south of the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, commemorates King Edward VII, who died in 1910. Created around 1912 by the sculptor J. Cassidy, the statue features a granite base, plinth, and pedestal, with a bronze statue of the king. The statue has a square plan and is set on a large stepped and moulded plinth, with a rectangular pedestal supporting an over-life-size depiction of the monarch in a traditional standing pose, holding a sceptre and orb.

Local climate

Edward VII Statue in Whitworth Park to South of Whitworth Gallery 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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