Statue of James Montgomery 12 Metres East of Cathedral Statue of James Montgomery in Cathedral Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Monument.

Statue of James Montgomery 12 Metres East of Cathedral Statue of James Montgomery in Cathedral Garden

WRENN ID
broken-bronze-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1973
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SK 354 875
Coordinates
53.38324, -1.46878
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of James Montgomery, located 12 meters east of the Cathedral in Sheffield, is a memorial statue erected in 1861. It was designed by John Bell and cast by the Coalbrookdale Company. The statue was relocated from the General Cemetery in 1971. It features a life-size, draped standing figure on a tapered square granite pedestal, which includes an inscription and verses by Montgomery. The statue is set on a square sandstone plinth. James Montgomery, who passed away in 1854, was a prominent local journalist and hymnologist.

Local climate

Statue of James Montgomery 12 Metres East of Cathedral Statue of James Montgomery in Cathedral Garden receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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