Statue of Sir John Franklin is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. Statue.
Statue of Sir John Franklin
- WRENN ID
- haunted-rafter-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Sir John Franklin, Market Place, Spilsby
- OS grid reference
- TF 401 661
- Coordinates
- 53.17383, 0.09519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of Sir John Franklin, created in 1861 by C. Bacon of London, is located in the Market Place of Spilsby. It features a tall square base made of Portland stone with an ashlar base and a deep plinth. One side panel of the base is inscribed with the words "Sir John Franklin, Discoverer of the North West Passage. Born at Spilsby April 1786, died in the Arctic regions, June 1847." The bronze figure of Sir John Franklin stands resting on an anchor, with one hand holding a telescope, and includes the name of the sculptor inscribed on the figure.
Local climate
Statue of Sir John Franklin receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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