Statue Of The Duke Of Gordon, Golden Square, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Sculptural monument.
Statue Of The Duke Of Gordon, Golden Square, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- dusk-ashlar-coral
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Sculptural monument
- OS grid reference
- NJ 937 061
- Coordinates
- 57.14593, -2.10506
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The statue of the Duke of Gordon, located in Golden Square, Aberdeen, was created by Thomas Campbell and carved by Macdonald Field & Co. between 1840 and 1842, with finishing touches applied by Campbell. The statue is made of granite and is intended for pedestrians.
Local climate
Statue Of The Duke Of Gordon, Golden Square, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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