Monument to Ralph Ward Jackson Approximately 34 Metres to North East of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Hartlepool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1985. Monument.
Monument to Ralph Ward Jackson Approximately 34 Metres to North East of Christ Church
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hartlepool
- Constituency
- Hartlepool MP: Mr Jonathan Brash (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NZ 511 326
- Coordinates
- 54.68595, -1.20857
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Ralph Ward Jackson, located approximately 34 meters northeast of Christ Church, was erected in 1897 and designed by Edward Onslow Ford. It features a bronze statue of a standing male figure set on a square limestone baluster pedestal with a stepped base. Each face of the pedestal has a bronze cartouche, which are connected by a continuous horizontal bronze band. The cartouche on the east face is inscribed with the following text: "Ralph Ward Jackson, Founder of this town and first M.P. for the Hartlepools Born 7th June, 1806, died 6th August, 1880."
Local climate
Monument to Ralph Ward Jackson Approximately 34 Metres to North East of Christ Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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