Statue of Edmund Burke is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Statue of Edmund Burke
- WRENN ID
- keen-loggia-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Edmund Burke, St Augustines Parade
- OS grid reference
- ST 585 729
- Coordinates
- 51.45399, -2.59722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Edmund Burke, dated 1894, is located on St Augustine's Parade in Bristol. It was donated by Sir W.H. Wills. The statue is made of bronze and depicts a pointing figure, set on a red granite plinth. The front of the plinth is inscribed with "EDMUND BURKE/ 1774-1780/ I WISH TO BE AN MP TO HAVE MY SHARE OF DOING GOOD AND RESISTING EVIL/ SPEECH AT BRISTOL 1780," while the back bears the inscription "SIR W.H. WILLS 1894."
Local climate
Statue of Edmund Burke receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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