Monument to Jack Crawford at Ngr 3979 5652 is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1978. Monument.

Monument to Jack Crawford at Ngr 3979 5652

WRENN ID
knotted-vault-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1978
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Jack Crawford at Ngr 3979 5652, Mowbray Park
OS grid reference
NZ 397 565
Coordinates
54.90191, -1.38107
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Jack Crawford is located in Mowbray Park, Sunderland. It features a statue created by Percy Wood, dated and signed 1889-90. The bronze figure is life-sized and depicts a young man in seaman's attire, nailing a flag to a mast with a pistol butt used as a hammer. The statue stands on a granite plinth, which is set on a mound of magnesian limestone, supported by irregularly-piled pieces of limestone rock. On the north side of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: "the sailor who so heroically nailed Admiral Duncan's flag to the main top-gallant mast of HMS Venerable in the glorious action off Camperdown on October 11 1797. Jack Crawford was born at the Pottery Bank, Sunderland, 1775 and died in his native town 1831 aged 56 years. Erected by public subscription."

Local climate

Monument to Jack Crawford at Ngr 3979 5652 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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