Statue of Joseph Brotherton is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 2023. Statue.
Statue of Joseph Brotherton
- WRENN ID
- sombre-lead-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Salford MP: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 2023
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Joseph Brotherton, Peel Park
- OS grid reference
- SJ 821 990
- Coordinates
- 53.48785, -2.27077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Joseph Brotherton, created in 1858 by Matthew Noble and cast by Robinson and Cottam of Pimlico, was funded through public subscription. It features a bronze statue mounted on a grey granite plinth, which was added in 2018.
The statue stands 2.9 meters tall, with the plinth adding another 3.5 meters to its height. The figure faces southeast and is depicted in a realistic manner, holding a rolled-up speech in his right hand while his left hand rests on an octagonal column draped in cloth, which also covers a small cotton bale at his feet. The lapel of his frock coat has a fresh buttonhole. The base of the statue is inscribed with ‘M. NOBLE. SCULPT/ LONDON. 1858’.
The square plinth features a plain step, a base with a moulded step, a plain, slightly tapering shaft, and a moulded cornice. The front face of the plinth is inscribed with the following text: ‘JOSEPH BROTHERTON/ THE FIRST/ AND FOR UPWARDS OF TWENTY FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS/ (FROM 1832 TO 1857)/ THE FAITHFUL/ REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOROUGH OF SALFORD/ IN THE/ HOUSE OF COMMONS/ BORN MAY XXII MDCCLXXXIII/ DIED JANUARY VII MDCCCLVII’.
The right-hand face of the plinth states ‘ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ MDCCCLVIII’, while the left-hand face bears the inscription ‘MY RICHES CONSIST/ NOT IN THE EXTENT OF MY POSSESSIONS/ BUT IN THE FEWNESS OF MY WANTS’.
Local climate
Statue of Joseph Brotherton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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