Statue Of John Knox, New College Quadrangle, Mound Place, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 October 2001. Statue.

Statue Of John Knox, New College Quadrangle, Mound Place, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
stubborn-finial-sable
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 October 2001
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NT 254 736
Coordinates
55.94963, -3.19511
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of John Knox, created by John Hutchison in 1896, is a bronze figure located in the New College Quadrangle in Edinburgh. It depicts Knox with a flowing beard, dressed in a gown and hat, with one hand raised as if preaching. The statue stands on a red sandstone pedestal that features a cornice and chamfered corners.

Local climate

Statue Of John Knox, New College Quadrangle, Mound Place, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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