Statue of John Bright is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1985. A C19 Statue.
Statue of John Bright
- WRENN ID
- tangled-bonework-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1985
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of John Bright, Broadfield Park
- OS grid reference
- SD 893 131
- Coordinates
- 53.61452, -2.16228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of John Bright is a Grade II listed monument located in Broadfield Park, Rochdale. It commemorates John Bright, a Member of Parliament who died in 1889, and was erected in October 1891. The statue was designed by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft and is made of stone. It stands on a tapering square pedestal that features a cornice and a moulded base, positioned on a stylobate. The pedestal is inscribed on all sides with various quotes and insignia, including the phrase "Rochdale's greatest townsman." Originally, the statue was located in Town Hall Square.
Local climate
Statue of John Bright sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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