William Chambers Statue, Chambers Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

William Chambers Statue, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
brooding-rampart-linden
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Statue
Address
William Chambers Statue, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HR
OS grid reference
NT 258 733
Coordinates
55.94751, -3.18941
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The William Chambers Statue, located on Chambers Street in Edinburgh, was created by John Rhind and Hippolyte J Blanc between 1888 and 1891. This bronze statue commemorates Lord Provost William Chambers and stands on a red sandstone ashlar base. The base features low bronze reliefs that represent Literature, Liberality, and Perseverance. The squared sandstone base has advanced scrolled margined corners that frame decorative panels on the sides. Above this, a corniced and garlanded upper pedestal supports the statue. The entire structure is set on a two-tier octagonal granite plinth at the base.

Local climate

William Chambers Statue, Chambers Street, 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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