Statue of John Platt Mp is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Statue.

Statue of John Platt Mp

WRENN ID
wild-iron-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1973
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
SD 931 042
Coordinates
53.53502, -2.10536
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Statue of John Platt is located in Alexandra Park, Oldham, and was created in 1878 by the sculptor D.W. Stevenson from Edinburgh. The statue features a circular polished granite shaft that is raised on a plinth with angle blocks. It includes life-size seated female bronze figures and a standing figure of John Platt, M.P., positioned on a column.

Local climate

Statue of John Platt Mp sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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