Statue to W E Forster is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Statue. 9 related planning applications.
Statue to W E Forster
- WRENN ID
- outer-hearth-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue to W E Forster, Forster Square
- OS grid reference
- SE 166 332
- Coordinates
- 53.7952, -1.74919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue to W E Forster, located in Forster Square, Bradford, was established in 1884 to honor the local Member of Parliament and former Chief Secretary for Ireland. The statue, created by sculptor J Harvard Thomas, features a life-size figure of Forster dressed in contemporary clothing from around 1880. It is set on a polished granite pedestal.
Local climate
Statue to W E Forster receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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