Statue of William Etty is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Statue.
Statue of William Etty
- WRENN ID
- lunar-copper-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1983
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of William Etty, Exhibition Square
- OS grid reference
- SE 600 522
- Coordinates
- 53.96278, -1.08588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of William Etty, located in Exhibition Square, York, was created in 1911 by GW Milburn. This life-size statue depicts the artist in a cloak, holding a palette and brush, standing in front of a badly defaced representation of Bootham Bar. The statue is raised on a tall pedestal featuring a moulded cornice with egg-and-dart mouldings. A plaque on the pedestal reads: "William Etty Born in York 1787 Elected Royal Academician 1828 Died 1849". Etty played a significant role, alongside other local and national figures, in preventing the demolition of Bootham Bar in 1832.
Local climate
Statue of William Etty receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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