Statue Of Duke Of Wellington, Queen Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Statue Of Duke Of Wellington, Queen Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
noble-pilaster-myrtle
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Statue
Address
Statue Of Duke Of Wellington, Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BX
OS grid reference
NS 591 652
Coordinates
55.8601, -4.25202
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of the Duke of Wellington, located on Queen Street in Glasgow, was created by Baron Marochetti in 1844. It features a bronze equestrian figure of the Duke mounted on a rectangular grey stone base and pedestal. The pedestal is adorned with bronze ribbon and waterleaf bands both above and below, as well as bronze military bas-reliefs on the sides.

Local climate

Statue Of Duke Of Wellington, Queen Street, 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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