Statue Of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Library, High Street, Langholm is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Statue.

Statue Of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Library, High Street, Langholm

WRENN ID
inner-hearth-bracken
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NY 364 844
Coordinates
55.15043, -2.99814
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, sculpted by David Dunbar, was unveiled in March 1842. It features a white marble figure of the admiral, which stands on a square grey granite base that has a corniced and battered design. The plinth is surrounded by plain cast-iron rails, which are supported at the corners by piers shaped like cannons.

Local climate

Statue Of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Library, High Street, Langholm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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