Wellington Monument Approximately 170 Metres East of Bispham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1966. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Wellington Monument Approximately 170 Metres East of Bispham Hall
- WRENN ID
- fading-belfry-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield MP: Andy Burnham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1966
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Wellington Monument Approximately 170 Metres East of Bispham Hall, WN2 4XL
- OS grid reference
- SD 524 024
- Coordinates
- 53.51664, -2.71849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wellington Monument, located approximately 170 meters east of Bispham Hall, is a Grade II listed structure built in 1815. This monument honors the Duke of Wellington and the victors of the Battle of Waterloo. It is constructed from stone and features a square plinth topped by an obelisk with a ball finial. The monument includes inscriptions in both English and Latin on the cornice and base of the plinth, as well as on oval panels on the sides, which list the victorious generals. The front inscription reads: "TO THE/MOST NOBLE AND ILLUSTRIOUS/ARTHUR/DUKE OF WELLINGTON/AND THE BRAVE HEROES OF BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT/WHO UNDER HIS AUSPICIOUS GENIUS AND COMMAND/SO GLORIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED THE DOWNFALL OF/TYRANNY AND THE RESTORATION OF LIBERTY TO EUROPE/ON THE PLAIN OF WATERLOO/JUNE 18th AD 1815."
Local climate
Wellington Monument Approximately 170 Metres East of Bispham Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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