Statue of James Steel is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1972. Statue.
Statue of James Steel
- WRENN ID
- plain-spandrel-autumn
- 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 James Steel, English Street
- OS grid reference
- NY 401 558
- Coordinates
- 54.89364, -2.93531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of James Steel, located on English Street in Carlisle, was created in 1859 by sculptor William Frederick Woodington for local subscribers. It features a base and plinth made of Dalbeattie granite, topped with a white marble figure. The square base includes four granite bollards at the corners. The stepped plinth is inscribed with "JAMES STEEL MAYOR 1845 AND 1846" in three lines. The statue depicts a larger-than-life, bare-headed figure dressed in breeches and a frock coat, holding a scrolled paper. The statue has been heavily weathered and was cleaned in 1989, although the left hand was broken off during its relocation to the current site on August 6, 1989. Originally, the statue was erected in the Market Place, and its unveiling was reported in the Carlisle Journal and illustrated in the Illustrated London News. James Steel was the editor of the Carlisle Journal, and Woodington was a notable 19th-century sculptor, known for his bronze relief of the Battle of the Nile at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
Local climate
Statue of James Steel 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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