Robert Burns Statue, Academy Square, Montrose is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Statue.

Robert Burns Statue, Academy Square, Montrose

WRENN ID
riven-oriel-shade
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 717 577
Coordinates
56.7103, -2.4636
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robert Burns Statue, located in Academy Square, Montrose, was created by William Birnie Rhind around 1882. This pedestrian statue is made of stone and stands on a large moulded ashlar base, which features corner nook shafts and figurative bas-reliefs in roll-moulded panels on each side. The cornice is adorned with carved foliage, and there is a battered coping at the top. The figure of Burns is depicted leaning against a tree stump while cradling a book in his hand.

Local climate

Robert Burns Statue, Academy Square, 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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