Statue of Sir John Brunner in Front of Research Lab, Winnington Works is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Statue.

Statue of Sir John Brunner in Front of Research Lab, Winnington Works

WRENN ID
silent-gateway-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Statue
Address
Statue of Sir John Brunner in Front of Research Lab, Winnington Works, Winnington Lane, Northwich
OS grid reference
SJ 645 748
Coordinates
53.26973, -2.5324
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue of Sir John Brunner, created in 1922 by W. Goscombe John, is located in front of the Research Laboratory at Winnington Works in Northwich. This life-sized bronze statue stands on an ochre granite plinth. It depicts Brunner as a bearded man in a morning coat, with his left thumb in his trouser pocket and his right hand gesturing as if to invite approval of the achievements of Brunner Mond. The inscription on the statue reads: "THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN BRUNNER BART LLD BORN 9 FEBRUARY 1842 DIED 1 JULY 1919: W GOSCOMBE JOHN RA." The statue is positioned symmetrically with the statue of Ludwig Mond in the forecourt of the ICI Research Laboratory.

Local climate

Statue of Sir John Brunner in Front of Research Lab, Winnington Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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