Forwood Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Forwood Monument

WRENN ID
old-latch-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Monument
Address
Forwood Monument, St John's Gardens, L1 1JJ
OS grid reference
SJ 348 906
Coordinates
53.4085, -2.98078
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Forwood Monument is a commemorative structure dedicated to Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, who passed away in 1898. It was erected in 1903 and designed by G. Frampton. The monument features a bronze statue mounted on a stone pedestal.

Local climate

Forwood Monument sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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