Mackenzie Memorial in Thompson Park is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.

Mackenzie Memorial in Thompson Park

WRENN ID
waning-basalt-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Memorial
Address
Mackenzie Memorial in Thompson Park, Ormerod Road
OS grid reference
SD 845 332
Coordinates
53.7949, -2.23548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mackenzie Memorial in Thompson Park is a Grade II listed memorial dedicated to Sir James Mackenzie, a renowned local doctor, and was created around 1931. It features a bronze bust by F. Roslyn, which is set in a pink granite niche that is mounted in a sandstone ashlar wall. The wall measures approximately 2 meters long, 0.5 meters deep, and 3 meters high, with stepped sides and top. The niche is round-headed and adorned with a bronze oak-leaf garland at the top. The life-sized bust sits on a pedestal that bears raised lettering, which reads: "SIR JAMES / MACKENZIE / M.D., LL.D, F.R.S., F.R.C.P. / 1833-1925 / WHO ACHIEVED FAME / BY HIS RESEARCHES / IN CONNECTION WITH / DISEASES OF THE HEART / AND WAS FROM / 1879 TO 1907 / A GENERAL PRACTITIONER / IN BURNLEY".

Local climate

Mackenzie Memorial in Thompson Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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