Statue Of Joseph Hume, High Street, Montrose is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Statue.

Statue Of Joseph Hume, High Street, Montrose

WRENN ID
pale-flue-pine
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NO 714 578
Coordinates
56.71148, -2.46814
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of Joseph Hume, located on High Street in Montrose, was created in 1859 by William Calder Marshall. It is a pedestrian statue depicting Joseph Hume pointing to text that he holds in his left hand. The statue is made of freestone and stands on a large pedestal made of corniced sandstone.

Local climate

Statue Of Joseph Hume, High Street, Montrose receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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