Statue of Dean Hook is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Statue of Dean Hook
- WRENN ID
- brooding-jamb-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Dean Hook, City Square
- OS grid reference
- SE 298 334
- Coordinates
- 53.79666, -1.54786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Dean Hook, located in City Square, Leeds, was created in 1902 by the sculptor F.W. Pomeroy. It features a polished granite plinth with a bronze plaque that has raised lettering stating: 'Dr HOOK/ VICAR OF LEEDS/ 1837-1859'. The life-size bronze statue stands on a square base, which also has raised lettering that reads: 'THE GIFT OF/ T WALTER HARDING/ 1903' along with the sculptor's name.
Historically, the Reverend Dr. Walter Farquhar Hook played a significant role in developing a new liturgical and pastoral mission for the Church of England within an urban community and was responsible for rebuilding Leeds Parish Church of St Peter, which was consecrated in 1841. T. Walter Harding, who funded the statue, owned the Tower Works on Globe Road and financed the construction of City Square, designed by William Bakewell. The statue is one of four that stood on a balustrade facing out of the square towards the Post Office.
Local climate
Statue of Dean Hook 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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