Watt Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Monument.
Watt Statue
- WRENN ID
- iron-banister-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Watt Statue, Piccadilly
- OS grid reference
- SJ 843 983
- Coordinates
- 53.48128, -2.23672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watt Statue is a monument dedicated to James Watt, created in 1857 by William Theed the Younger. It features an ashlar pedestal and a bronze statue. The pedestal is rectangular with bowed ends, a moulded base, and a cornice. The bronze figure depicts Watt seated in a chair and is a copy of the statue by Chantrey located in Handsworth parish church.
Local climate
Watt 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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