Statue of John Harrison is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Statue.

Statue of John Harrison

WRENN ID
tattered-corner-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of John Harrison, City Square
OS grid reference
SE 298 334
Coordinates
53.79654, -1.54806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of John Harrison, located in City Square, Leeds, was created in 1903 by the sculptor HC Fehr. It features a polished granite plinth with a bronze plaque that has raised lettering stating 'JOHN/ HARRISON/ 1576-1656'. The life-size bronze statue stands on a square plinth, which also has raised lettering on the front that reads 'THE GIFT OF/ COUNCILLOR RICHARD BOSTON 1903'. This statue is one of four that were originally placed on the balustrade of City Square, which was designed by William Bakewell for T Walter Harding and completed in 1903. Historically, John Harrison was the son of a Leeds cloth merchant who inherited a significant fortune and dedicated much of it to charitable efforts in the town, including the rebuilding of the Grammar School, the construction of the Church of St John on Mark Lane, and Harrison's Almshouses on Raglan Road.

Local climate

Statue of John Harrison 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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