Platform at north end of terrace in People's Park with urn is a Grade II* listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Monument.
Platform at north end of terrace in People's Park with urn
- WRENN ID
- little-lead-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1973
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Platform at north end of terrace in People's Park with urn, Park Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 084 249
- Coordinates
- 53.72104, -1.87373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The platform at the north end of the terrace in People's Park dates from around 1856. It features stone retaining walls with a parapet, a balustrade, and a flight of steps to the east. In the center, there is a large carved urn made of white marble, which stands on a stone pedestal. This platform is part of a group of listed buildings along Park Road.
Local climate
Platform at north end of terrace in People's Park with urn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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