Statue of Richard Hooker is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Statue.

Statue of Richard Hooker

WRENN ID
sleeping-spindle-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Richard Hooker, Cathedral Close
OS grid reference
SX 920 926
Coordinates
50.72306, -3.53024
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Richard Hooker, located in Cathedral Close, was created in 1907 by the sculptor A Drury, who is an Associate of the Royal Academy. This seated stone figure is mounted on a granite plinth and is inscribed with the name 'Richard Hooker 1553-1603'. The statue is part of a group of listed buildings within Cathedral Close.

Local climate

Statue of Richard Hooker 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 greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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