Cenotaph is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1999. War memorial.
Cenotaph
- WRENN ID
- blind-lintel-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1999
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cenotaph, Nelson Square
- OS grid reference
- SD 718 090
- Coordinates
- 53.57771, -2.42693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cenotaph located in Nelson Square, Bolton, built around 1920. It features a white ashlar pylon adorned with a wreath and bronze inscription plates. The cenotaph commemorates those who served in the Bolton Artillery during World War I.
Local climate
Cenotaph sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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