Statue, Alexander Wilson, Abbey Close, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1971. Sculpture.

Statue, Alexander Wilson, Abbey Close, Paisley

WRENN ID
former-threshold-peregrine
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1971
Type
Sculpture
OS grid reference
NS 485 640
Coordinates
55.84558, -4.42125
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of Alexander Wilson, created by sculptor John Mossman in 1872, is located on Abbey Close in Paisley. It features a standing bronze figure mounted on a granite base.

Local climate

Statue, Alexander Wilson, Abbey Close, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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