Statue of Sir Robert Peel Opposite Cross Street is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Statue of Sir Robert Peel Opposite Cross Street
- WRENN ID
- plain-baluster-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Statue of Sir Robert Peel Opposite Cross Street, Winckley Square
- OS grid reference
- SD 538 290
- Coordinates
- 53.75606, -2.70093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Sir Robert Peel is located opposite Cross Street in Preston. It was erected in 1852 and designed by Thomas Duckett of Preston. The monument is made of limestone and features a high square pedestal with a moulded base and a banded top. Atop the pedestal stands the statue of Sir Robert Peel, who is depicted with his left hand resting on a draped rock behind him and his right hand at his waist. He is dressed in a top coat and trousers, which were noted at the time for their tightness, drawing contemporary criticism. The pedestal bears the inscription "SIR/ ROBERT PEEL/ BARONET" and notes that it was "ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1852" on the plinth. The base of the pedestal has a linear hollow where the original inscription "THOMAS MONK ESQ., MAYOR" was located, but this was erased after Thomas Monk was sentenced to penal servitude for life in 1858 for forging a will.
Local climate
Statue of Sir Robert Peel Opposite Cross Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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