Statue of Joseph Priestley is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Statue of Joseph Priestley
- WRENN ID
- night-minaret-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Joseph Priestley, City Square
- OS grid reference
- SE 298 334
- Coordinates
- 53.79669, -1.54782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Joseph Priestley, located in City Square, Leeds, was created in 1903 by Drury. It features a polished granite plinth and a bronze plaque with raised lettering that reads 'JOSEPH/ PRIESTLEY/ 1733-1804'. The base of the statue also has raised lettering stating 'THE GIFT OF/ T. WALTER HARDING 1903'. This life-size statue commemorates one of four notable citizens of Leeds, as part of the City Square layout designed by William Bakewell for T. Walter Harding in 1902. Originally, the statues faced out of the square and were positioned on a balustraded parapet that included elaborate lamp standards.
Local climate
Statue of Joseph Priestley receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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