Statue of the Duke of Wellington on South East Corner of Woodhouse Moor is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Statue.

Statue of the Duke of Wellington on South East Corner of Woodhouse Moor

WRENN ID
carved-gargoyle-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of the Duke of Wellington on South East Corner of Woodhouse Moor, Moorland Road
OS grid reference
SE 290 347
Coordinates
53.8082, -1.5598
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of the Duke of Wellington, created by C. Marochetti in 1854 and erected in 1858, is located in the south-east corner of Woodhouse Moor in Leeds. The statue is made of bronze and stands on a polished granite pedestal with a square section, cornice, and plinth. Originally, it was situated in Victoria Square, in front of the Town Hall.

Local climate

Statue of the Duke of Wellington on South East Corner of Woodhouse Moor receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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