Statue of Alderman John Lucas is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Statue.

Statue of Alderman John Lucas

WRENN ID
noble-bracket-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1973
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Alderman John Lucas, East Park Road
OS grid reference
NZ 255 611
Coordinates
54.94472, -1.602
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of Alderman John Lucas, located on East Park Road, was created in 1903 by G W Stevenson. This lively and naturalistic life-size bronze figure depicts Alderman John Lucas in his ceremonial robes, standing on a rusticated sandstone pedestal. The pedestal is inscribed with "ALDERMAN JOHN LUCAS 1837-1900 ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1903" and is set on a moulded granite plinth.

Local climate

Statue of Alderman John Lucas 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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