Statue of John Laird is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Statue.

Statue of John Laird

WRENN ID
forgotten-lantern-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1974
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of John Laird, Hamilton Square
OS grid reference
SJ 324 890
Coordinates
53.39381, -3.01673
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Statue of John Laird, located in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, was created in 1877 by Albert Bruce Joy, a prominent Victorian sculptor. The statue features a high polished granite pedestal topped with a bronze figure. The pedestal is inscribed with the lettering, "John Laird Born 14 June 1805 died 29 October 1874," and it is both signed and dated by the artist.

Local climate

Statue of John Laird sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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