Bruce Statue, Esplanade, Stirling Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. Statue. 1 related planning application.
Bruce Statue, Esplanade, Stirling Castle
- WRENN ID
- silver-ledge-rain
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Stirling
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1965
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Bruce Statue, Esplanade, Stirling Castle, FK8 1EN
- OS grid reference
- NS 791 939
- Coordinates
- 56.12322, -3.94598
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bruce Statue, located on the Esplanade at Stirling Castle, is a statue of Robert the Bruce, designed by George Cruikshank and sculpted by Andrew Currie between 1876 and 1877. This carved stone statue stands on a square stone pedestal and depicts the king as a tall figure in chain mail, resting his hand on the pommel of his sword. At the feet and behind the king are his shield and axe. The front face of the pedestal features a copy of Bruce's shield, complete with the Lion Rampant. The statue faces south towards the battlefield of Bannockburn.
The statue includes metal elements, such as the axe head, sword, and parts of the shield, which are integrated into the predominantly stone figure. It is uncertain whether these metal features were part of the original design or replacements for lost elements, as they are not mentioned in the account of the statue's unveiling but appear in photographs from 1900. In 2013, the faces of the pedestal were renewed to replicate the original design.
Local climate
Bruce Statue, Esplanade, Stirling Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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