Statue of A Ashworth is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1985. Statue.
Statue of A Ashworth
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-buttress-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1985
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- SD 895 129
- Coordinates
- 53.61341, -2.16012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Alderman G.L. Ashworth J.P. (1823 - 1873) is located in Broadfield Park, Rochdale. It was erected in 1877 through public subscription. The statue is made of stone and stands on a marble plinth. The plinth is square in shape, featuring a cornice and a cyma moulded base, and it rises from a stylobate. Ashworth served as mayor of Rochdale twice and played a significant role in promoting the construction of the town hall.
Local climate
Statue of A Ashworth 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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