Dalton Statue in Forecourt of Dalton College is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Dalton Statue in Forecourt of Dalton College

WRENN ID
ruined-chapel-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Statue
Address
Dalton Statue in Forecourt of Dalton College, Chester Street, M1 5GE
OS grid reference
SJ 841 972
Coordinates
53.47191, -2.24043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dalton Statue, located in the forecourt of Dalton College in Manchester, is a Grade II listed statue of John Dalton, who lived from 1766 to 1844 and was a notable chemist and physicist. Created in 1854 by William Theed the younger, the statue is made of bronze and is mounted on a stone plinth. It depicts a seated figure of Dalton dressed in a draped academic gown and knee-breeches. The base of the statue is inscribed with "Cast by Robinson & Cottam, Pimlico, London." John Dalton is known for establishing the 19th-century theory that atoms are the smallest particles of matter, a theory that was later revised in 1897 by J.J. Thomson. The statue was moved to its current location from Piccadilly Gardens in 1961, coinciding with the completion of Dalton College.

Local climate

Dalton Statue in Forecourt of Dalton College 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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