Statue Of John Brown, Balmoral Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 2010. Statue.

Statue Of John Brown, Balmoral Castle

WRENN ID
keen-loggia-larch
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 2010
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
NO 259 943
Coordinates
57.03427, -3.22107
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The statue of John Brown, created by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm in 1883, is a full-height bronze sculpture of Queen Victoria's servant. The statue depicts a kilted figure holding a cap in hand. It is situated on a granite outcrop in the woods to the southeast of Balmoral Castle, behind Baile-na-Coille. The statue stands on an inscribed pedestal, which has a bronze base that includes the sculptor's name and the date of creation.

Local climate

Statue Of John Brown, Balmoral Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 88 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 68 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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