Robert Burns Statue, Church Place, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 July 1961. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Robert Burns Statue, Church Place, Dumfries

WRENN ID
last-clay-gorse
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 July 1961
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NX 971 762
Coordinates
55.07003, -3.61234
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robert Burns Statue, located at Church Place in Dumfries, was likely sculpted in Carrara from a model created by Mrs. D. O. Hill of Edinburgh. It was unveiled by Lord Rosebery on April 6, 1882. The statue is made of Carrara marble and stands on a grey ashlar pedestal featuring a triglyph frieze and marble inscription panels on its sides.

Local climate

Robert Burns Statue, Church Place, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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