Tyldesley Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Monument.
Tyldesley Monument
- WRENN ID
- tall-pier-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Tyldesley Monument, Wigan Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 585 066
- Coordinates
- 53.55486, -2.62785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tyldesley Monument is a structure commemorating Sir Thomas Tyldesley, who was killed at this location during the Battle of Wigan Lane in 1651. It was erected in 1679 by Alexander Rigby, who was then the High Sheriff of Lancashire, and restored in 1886 by Wigan Corporation. The monument is made of coursed sandstone blocks and features a pier that is approximately 1 meter square and 5 meters high. It has a pedestal with moulded coping and a moulded cornice topped with a ball finial. Near the top of each side, there are slate plaques from 1886. The plaque on the west front contains a long inscription, likely replicating the original wording by Alexander Rigby, while the south side plaque notes the restoration, and the other plaques are blank.
Local climate
Tyldesley Monument 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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