Duke Of York Statue, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Statue.
Duke Of York Statue, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
- WRENN ID
- stranded-lime-cream
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NT 252 735
- Coordinates
- 55.9489, -3.19789
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Duke of York Statue is a memorial located on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, dedicated to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, who was the Commander of the British Army. Sculpted by Thomas Campbell, the statue was unveiled in 1836. It features a bronze statue of the Duke dressed in a tasselled cape and short breeches, holding a marshal's baton. He wears a chain around his shoulders, which has a cross, and a sword hangs at his left side. The statue stands on a tall bronze pedestal that has a cornice and a torus band. There are bronze plaques displaying the Royal Arms on the east and west sides, along with two additional bronze plaques with raised inscriptions on the north and south faces. The inscription on the front (south) face reads "FIELD MARSHAL / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS / FREDERICK / DUKE OF YORK / AND ALBANY, K.G. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF THE BRITISH ARMY, / MDCCCXXVII". The rear (north) face simply states "ERECTED / MDCCCXXXVI".
Local climate
Duke Of York Statue, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade 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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