Statue of Prince Albert is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1980. Statue.

Statue of Prince Albert

WRENN ID
waiting-joist-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Salford
Constituency
Salford MP: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 January 1980
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Prince Albert, the Crescent
OS grid reference
SJ 820 987
Coordinates
53.48473, -2.27165
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Prince Albert, located on the north side of The Crescent in Salford, was created in 1864 by the sculptor Matthew Noble. Made of limestone, the statue depicts Prince Albert in academic dress, with a pile of books at his feet, and stands on a high pedestal raised on steps. This statue is likely one of the first to be erected after Albert's death in 1861 and was originally placed in Peel Park.

Local climate

Statue of Prince Albert 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 81% 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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