Walter Scott's Monument, George Square, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 July 1966. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Walter Scott's Monument, George Square, Glasgow

WRENN ID
sacred-tallow-tallow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 July 1966
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 592 653
Coordinates
55.86115, -4.25017
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Walter Scott's Monument, located in George Square, Glasgow, was designed by David Rhind in 1837, with the statue created by John Greenshields and executed by A Handyside Ritchie. The monument is prominently situated at the center of George Square. It features a tall Doric column on a Grecian podium, which supports an over-lifesize stone statue of Walter Scott dressed in a plaid.

The base and column are made of polished ashlar and are very finely detailed. The podium is ramped, showcasing channelled masonry and advanced polished angles that culminate in lion masks. Above this, an anthemion frieze is present, and the tall Roman Doric column features a delicately incised base and echinus that supports a cylindrical carved drum podium, on which the statue of Scott stands.

Local climate

Walter Scott's Monument, 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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