The Fielden Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Statue. 1 related planning application.
The Fielden Statue
- WRENN ID
- rough-timber-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1984
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- The Fielden Statue, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 931 246
- Coordinates
- 53.71796, -2.10546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fielden Statue is a statue of John Fielden, Member of Parliament, located in Centre Vale Park, Todmorden. It was created to celebrate the 'Ten Hours Act' of 1847 and was designed by J H Foley, Royal Academician, in 1863. The statue was cast in bronze by Elkington and Company and delivered in 1869. It stands on a granite plinth that is inscribed with the date of Fielden's birth, 17th January 1784, on one side, and the date of his death, 29 May 1849, on another. The statue depicts Fielden in contemporary dress, holding a document that is likely the 'Ten Hours Act' which he initiated. Originally, the statue was located on the side of the Town Hall before being moved to Fielden Square and then to its current position.
Local climate
The Fielden Statue sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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