Roberts Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Memorial.
Roberts Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- hidden-paling-pigeon
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NS 573 664
- Coordinates
- 55.8703, -4.28185
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Roberts Memorial, located in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, was unveiled in 1916 and is a replica of a monument by Harry Bates ARA in Calcutta, dedicated to Field Marshal Earl Roberts, which was erected in 1915. This classical aedicular monument is made of granite and consists of three main stages. At the top, it features a lifesize equestrian bronze statue of Lord Roberts. The tall moulded plinth supports four Corinthian columns, which hold a canopy that supports the base of the statue. Recessed within the columns is an oblong granite slab that bears dedicatory inscriptions on the east and west sides, while the frieze includes bronze base-relief panels depicting martial scenes. On the north and south sides, there are seated lifesize bronze figures representing War and Victory.
Local climate
Roberts Memorial, Kelvingrove Park, 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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