Codbens Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Statue. 6 related planning applications.

Codbens Statue

WRENN ID
deep-ledge-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Statue
Address
Codbens Statue, St Anns Square
OS grid reference
SJ 837 983
Coordinates
53.48193, -2.24572
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cobden's Statue is a commemorative statue of Richard Cobden, an industrialist and Liberal politician, located in St Ann's Square, Manchester. It was created in 1867 by the sculptor Marshall Wood. The statue features a stone plinth and a bronze statue of Cobden, who is depicted in an oratorical pose. The base is square and slightly tapered, topped with a prominent cornice.

Local climate

Codbens 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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