Statue of Michael Arthur Bass is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1979. Statue.

Statue of Michael Arthur Bass

WRENN ID
little-hall-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1979
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Michael Arthur Bass, King Edward Place, Shobnall
OS grid reference
SK 240 234
Coordinates
52.80768, -1.64541
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Michael Arthur Bass, located in King Edward Place, was erected in 1911. It commemorates the 1st Baron Burton, who lived from 1837 to 1909, and was created by the sculptor F. W. Pomeroy. The statue is a conventional life-sized bronze figure set on a stone plinth.

Local climate

Statue of Michael Arthur Bass receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 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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