Statue of Isabella Elder, Elder Park, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Statue.

Statue of Isabella Elder, Elder Park, Glasgow

WRENN ID
winter-barrel-alder
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NS 545 655
Coordinates
55.86145, -4.32552
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Statue of Isabella Elder is a figurative seated bronze statue located in Elder Park, Glasgow. Created by Archibald McFarlane Shannan, RSA, it depicts Isabella Elder wearing her academic gown and stands on a large granite plinth. The statue was unveiled on Saturday, 13 October 1906, by the Duchess of Montrose. The front of the plinth features carved laurel branches and the inscription "MRS JOHN ELDER, LL.D.," while the back bears the words "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1906," also in a carved style. The statue was cast by J W Singer & Sons in Frome, Somerset, and the granite was cut and assembled according to Shannan's drawings and patterns by D H and J Newall of Dalbeattie.

Local climate

Statue of Isabella Elder, Elder 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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