Statue Of Sir John Moore, George Square, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 July 1966. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Statue Of Sir John Moore, George Square, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- rusted-sandstone-moth
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1966
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue Of Sir John Moore, George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY
- OS grid reference
- NS 592 653
- Coordinates
- 55.86092, -4.25036
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The statue of Sir John Moore, located in George Square, Glasgow, was created by John Flaxman in 1819. It features a heroic, over-lifesize bronze figure of a cloaked man. The statue stands on a cylindrical polished granite plinth.
Local climate
Statue Of Sir John Moore, George Square, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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- 1 Statue of Sir John Moore to South of Army Library in Shorncliffe Barracks
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- 4 Statue, Alexander Wilson, Abbey Close, Paisley
- 5 Moore Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres East of Smith Monument to North of Church of St Nicholas
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