Statue of the Virgin Mary in Front of the Tower of Oscott College is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Statue.
Statue of the Virgin Mary in Front of the Tower of Oscott College
- WRENN ID
- strange-floor-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington MP: Paulette Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of the Virgin Mary in Front of the Tower of Oscott College, College Road, New Oscott B23, B73 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 098 940
- Coordinates
- 52.54395, -1.8558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of the Virgin Mary in front of the tower of Oscott College was created around 1837-1840 by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. It is a fine replica of a late 15th century German statue located in St Chad's. The statue is positioned on a high pedestal and features an impressive canopy designed in the style of the 15th century.
Local climate
Statue of the Virgin Mary in Front of the Tower of Oscott College receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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