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

Gladstone Monument

WRENN ID
brooding-hall-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Monument
Address
Gladstone Monument, St John's Gardens
OS grid reference
SJ 348 906
Coordinates
53.40881, -2.98109
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gladstone Monument is a monument built in 1904, designed by Sir Thomas Brock. It features a tall stone pedestal adorned with seated female statues representing "truth" and "justice," along with a relief depicting "brotherhood." At the top of the monument stands a bronze figure of Gladstone, who is portrayed standing while holding a roll of parchment and books.

Local climate

Gladstone 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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