Ralph Erskine Statue, Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Statue.

Ralph Erskine Statue, Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline

WRENN ID
solitary-postern-owl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Statue
Address
Ralph Erskine Statue, Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7AA
OS grid reference
NT 091 875
Coordinates
56.07212, -3.4605
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Ralph Erskine Statue, located on Queen Anne Street in Dunfermline, was created by Alexander Handyside Ritchie in 1849. This full-height statue is made of polished sandstone ashlar and stands on a square-plan sandstone ashlar pedestal. The pedestal features a stepped plinth and a moulded cornice, along with a carved foliate frieze. The dado is inscribed with the name of Ralph Erskine and the date 1849 in Roman numerals.

Local climate

Ralph Erskine Statue, Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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