Statue of Sir Isaac Newton (Outside Town Hall) is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1972. Statue.
Statue of Sir Isaac Newton (Outside Town Hall)
- WRENN ID
- shifting-step-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1972
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Sir Isaac Newton (Outside Town Hall), St Peter's Hill, Grantham
- OS grid reference
- SK 915 356
- Coordinates
- 52.91053, -0.64078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Sir Isaac Newton, located outside the Town Hall on St. Peter's Hill, was created by William Theed the younger in 1858. This bronze statue, which cost £1,800, is situated near the site of the Eleanor cross, which was destroyed in 1645.
Local climate
Statue of Sir Isaac Newton (Outside Town Hall) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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