Statue of Joseph Cowen at Junction with Fenkle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. Statue.
Statue of Joseph Cowen at Junction with Fenkle Street
- WRENN ID
- sheer-sill-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1971
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Joseph Cowen at Junction with Fenkle Street, Westgate Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 245 640
- Coordinates
- 54.97016, -1.61744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Joseph Cowen, located at the junction with Fenkle Street on the north side of Westgate Road in Newcastle upon Tyne, was erected in 1906. It is made of sandstone ashlar and bronze. The statue stands on a high, curved pedestal that is square in plan and features a step with bollards. The pedestal is inscribed with the words "JOSEPH COWEN/1829-1900/ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1906." The statue itself is a heroic-size representation of Cowen.
Local climate
Statue of Joseph Cowen at Junction with Fenkle Street receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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