Statue of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Ba Dobson is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Statue.
Statue of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Ba Dobson
- WRENN ID
- half-tallow-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Ba Dobson, Victoria Square
- OS grid reference
- SD 716 091
- Coordinates
- 53.5786, -2.43016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Lieutenant Colonel Sir BA Dobson is located in Victoria Square, Bolton, and was completed in 1900 by sculptor John Cassidy. It features a standing bronze figure on a polished granite plinth, which includes inscriptions. Lieutenant Colonel Sir BA Dobson, who lived from 1847 to 1898, served as the mayor of Bolton from 1895 to 1898. The statue was erected through public subscription to honor his contributions and service to the town of Bolton.
Local climate
Statue of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Ba Dobson 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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