Statue of Earl of Lonsdale is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1972. Statue.
Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
- WRENN ID
- grim-pilaster-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1972
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Earl of Lonsdale, the Crescent
- OS grid reference
- NY 402 556
- Coordinates
- 54.89204, -2.93283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of the Earl of Lonsdale is a monument located in Carlisle, created in 1846 by sculptor M.L. Watson for the subscribers. It features a base, plinth, and shaft made of calciferous sandstone, with a white marble figure on top. The statue stands on a rusticated square base and plinth, with an inscription on the shaft that reads "WILLIAM EARL OF LONSDALE, LORD LIEUTENANT OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND FROM 1802 TO 1844." The figure is larger than life and is depicted wearing the robe and costume of the Order of the Garter.
Originally, the statue was intended to be placed in English Street between the Courthouses, where the foundation stone was laid in 1846. However, due to a dispute, it was not erected until a year later. A photograph of the statue being moved on 25 July 1929 can be found in the Cumberland News from 19 September 1986. It was finally relocated to its current position in the Courthouse Gardens in 1930. For more details about the statue and the sculptor, refer to Marshall Hall's work from 1979.
Local climate
Statue of Earl of Lonsdale sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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