Statue Of Lord Byron, Grammar School, Skene Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Statue.

Statue Of Lord Byron, Grammar School, Skene Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
secret-rafter-linden
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Statue
Address
Statue Of Lord Byron, Grammar School, Skene Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1HT
OS grid reference
NJ 931 061
Coordinates
57.14662, -2.11458
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of Lord Byron, located at the Grammar School on Skene Street in Aberdeen, was designed by Pittendreigh MacGillivray in 1914 and completed by Alexander J. Leslie in 1920. It features a square-plan granite base that is inscribed with the name "BYRON" and is topped by a bronze statue of Lord Byron. The statue is positioned to the southeast of the Aberdeen Grammar School.

Local climate

Statue Of Lord Byron, Grammar School, Skene Street, 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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