Statue of Josiah Wedgwood in Centre of Square is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1972. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Statue of Josiah Wedgwood in Centre of Square

WRENN ID
idle-granite-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent Central MP: Gareth Snell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1972
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Josiah Wedgwood in Centre of Square, Winton Square, City of Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 2UH
OS grid reference
SJ 879 456
Coordinates
53.00824, -2.18055
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of Josiah Wedgwood, located in the center of Winton Square, was erected in 1862 and created by E Davies. It features a bronze figure mounted on a square stone pedestal.

Local climate

Statue of Josiah Wedgwood in Centre of Square receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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