Statue of Joseph Howarth is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Statue.
Statue of Joseph Howarth
- WRENN ID
- turning-granite-sparrow
- 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 931 039
- Coordinates
- 53.53237, -2.10497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Joseph Howarth was erected in 1868 and created by sculptor H. Burnett of Oldham. It is made of polished granite and sandstone. The statue features a life-size figure in sandstone, depicting Joseph Howarth, who is known as the blind bellman of Oldham. He is shown carrying a bell and a stick while wearing a top hat. The statue stands on a high granite plinth with a cornice and was funded by public subscription.
Local climate
Statue of Joseph Howarth 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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