Rathbone Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Monument.
Rathbone Monument
- WRENN ID
- nether-solder-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Rathbone Monument, St John's Gardens
- OS grid reference
- SJ 349 906
- Coordinates
- 53.40897, -2.98055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rathbone Monument is a Grade II listed structure located in St. John's Gardens. It was erected in 1899 to commemorate William Rathbone, who died in 1902. The monument was designed by George Frampton and features a bronze figure of Rathbone, depicted in robes, standing on a stone pedestal. An inscription on the monument highlights Rathbone's role as the founder of the District Nursing movement and his contributions to the establishment of Liverpool and Wales Universities.
Local climate
Rathbone 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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