Statue of Viscount Hill in English Bridge Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1995. Statue.
Statue of Viscount Hill in English Bridge Gardens
- WRENN ID
- secret-postern-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1995
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Viscount Hill in English Bridge Gardens, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 496 124
- Coordinates
- 52.70764, -2.74713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Viscount Hill is located in English Bridge Gardens in Shrewsbury. It was created in 1876 and placed at its current site in 1907. The statue, designed by M Noble, features a large figure mounted on a high polished granite plinth. It was presented to the town of Shrewsbury by Rowland Richard Clegg-Hill, the grandson of Viscount Hill.
Local climate
Statue of Viscount Hill in English Bridge Gardens receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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