Statue of Robert Ascroft Mp is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Statue.
Statue of Robert Ascroft Mp
- WRENN ID
- noble-moulding-dale
- 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
- Address
- Statue of Robert Ascroft Mp, Alexandra Park
- OS grid reference
- SD 932 041
- Coordinates
- 53.53419, -2.10276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Robert Ascroft, located in Alexandra Park, Oldham, was created in 1903 by sculptor F W Pomeroy. It features a stepped and moulded granite plinth with a cornice that supports a bronze figure of Ascroft. The plinth includes an inscription that commemorates Robert Ascroft, who served as the Member of Parliament for Oldham from 1895 to 1899 and was known as "The Worker's Friend." The statue was funded through public subscription.
Local climate
Statue of Robert Ascroft 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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