Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Statue.
Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme
- WRENN ID
- final-banister-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme, Alfred Gelder Street
- OS grid reference
- TA 100 288
- Coordinates
- 53.7445, -0.33232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme is a memorial statue created by sculptor Derwent Wood, erected around 1907. It features a life-size figure made of Portland stone, depicting Wilson in court dress. The statue stands on a square ashlar pedestal that includes a plinth, corner volutes, and a dentillated cornice with corner breaks. The south side of the pedestal has a convex panel that displays a crest and an inscription. The statue is set on a shaped granite base with two steps.
Charles Henry Wilson (1833-1907) was a prominent shipowner and politician, who became the first Lord Nunburnholme in 1906. He was a significant figure in Hull during the late 19th century, serving as a Member of Parliament for Hull from 1874 to 1905. He led Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co., which became the largest private steamship company in the world during his time. The company began a steamship service from Norway and Sweden by 1843 and dominated the transportation of migrants from Scandinavia, Germany, and Russia through Hull to America by the late 1850s. Thomas Wilson & Sons held a near monopoly on emigrant traffic from Scandinavia until 1914.
Local climate
Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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