Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1984. Statue.
Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon
- WRENN ID
- distant-vestry-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1984
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon, Spa Gardens
- OS grid reference
- SE 309 712
- Coordinates
- 54.13597, -1.5282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon, created in 1912 by sculptor F Derwentwood, ARA, is a life-size bronze statue depicting the Marquess in an informal pose while wearing Court dress and Garter Robes. It stands on an ashlar plinth with two steps and features concave panelled front and rear sections that include inscriptions. Scrolled consoles and swags are positioned on either side of the statue. The Marquess, who resided at Studley Royal, served as both the Viceroy of India and the Mayor of Ripon.
Local climate
Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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