Sculptural Group Adrift to South-West of Central Public Library, Peter Street, Manchester is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Sculptural group. 1 related planning application.
Sculptural Group Adrift to South-West of Central Public Library, Peter Street, Manchester
- WRENN ID
- salt-quartz-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Sculptural group
- OS grid reference
- SJ 838 979
- Coordinates
- 53.47791, -2.24514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sculptural group "Adrift," created in 1907 by John Cassidy, is an allegorical composition located to the south-west of the Central Public Library on Peter Street in Manchester. This bronze sculpture features a male figure standing on a rock, waving a piece of cloth, while his wife and children lie exhausted below, representing survivors of a shipping accident. The statue has been moved several times and was re-erected next to the Central Public Library in October 2014.
Local climate
Sculptural Group Adrift to South-West of Central Public Library, Peter Street, Manchester 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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