Peter Denny Statue, Municipal Buildings, Church Street, Dumbarton is a Grade B listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 1984. Statue. 1 related planning application.

Peter Denny Statue, Municipal Buildings, Church Street, Dumbarton

WRENN ID
veiled-stronghold-laurel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 1984
Type
Statue
Address
Peter Denny Statue, Municipal Buildings, Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1NJ
OS grid reference
NS 397 754
Coordinates
55.94568, -4.56761
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Peter Denny Statue, located at the Municipal Buildings on Church Street in Dumbarton, was sculpted by Hamo Thorneycroft, RA, in 1898 and erected in 1902. The statue features a square pedestal made of white granite, which is set on a stepped base. It includes bronze plaques on the sides and supports a bronze statue of Peter Denny, who was a shipbuilder.

Local climate

Peter Denny Statue, Municipal Buildings, Church Street, Dumbarton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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