Mayo Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. Monument. 3 related planning applications.
Mayo Statue
- WRENN ID
- rusted-roof-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Mayo Statue, Main Street, Cockermouth, CA13 9LU
- OS grid reference
- NY 120 306
- Coordinates
- 54.66364, -3.36553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mayo Statue is located on Main Street and was erected in 1875 by W & T Wills of London. It features a square granite plinth with a cornice, supporting a standing figure made of white stone. The statue commemorates the sixth Earl of Mayo, who died in 1872 and served as the Member of Parliament for Cockermouth from 1857 to 1867.
Local climate
Mayo Statue sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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