Robert Burns Monument, Albert Square, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. Statue. 1 related planning application.

Robert Burns Monument, Albert Square, Dundee

WRENN ID
unlit-window-moss
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 February 1965
Type
Statue
Address
Robert Burns Monument, Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 1DD
OS grid reference
NO 402 304
Coordinates
56.46234, -2.97197
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robert Burns Monument, located in Albert Square, Dundee, was designed by Sir John Steele and completed in 1880. It features a seated bronze figure of the poet Robert Burns, who is depicted holding a quill pen and appearing to meditate. The statue is mounted on a polished Peterhead granite pedestal, which includes a base course and cornice, and is further supported by a grey granite plinth.

Local climate

Robert Burns Monument, Albert Square, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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