Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow is a Grade II listed building in the Middlesbrough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1988. Monument. 2 related planning applications.
Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow
- WRENN ID
- tilted-newel-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Middlesbrough
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East MP: Andy McDonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow, Exchange Square, TS1 1DE
- OS grid reference
- NZ 496 206
- Coordinates
- 54.57838, -1.23324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to H.W.F. Bolckow, dated 1881, was created by sculptor D.W. Stevenson and founder Sir John Steell from Edinburgh. It features a red granite pedestal topped with a signed bronze figure of a standing man in a frock coat, holding the Charter of Incorporation of Middlesbrough. The monument has two chamfered steps beneath the pedestal. The north-west face of the die and plinth is inscribed with 'H.W.F. BOLCKOW' and 'ERECTED 1881'. A bronze tablet on the south-east face of the die bears raised lettering stating, 'THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH, ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1881'. Initially placed outside the Middlesbrough Royal Exchange on Marton Road, it was relocated to Albert Park in 1925 and moved to its current site at the Royal Exchange in 1986. H.W.F. Bolckow was a co-founder of Middlesbrough's iron industry in 1840.
Local climate
Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 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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