Bunyan Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. Monument.
Bunyan Monument
- WRENN ID
- tired-pier-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 050 500
- Coordinates
- 52.1388, -0.46668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bunyan Monument, built in 1874 by J E Boehm, who later became Sir Joseph Boehm, features a bronze statue of John Bunyan that is life-size and stands on a stone pedestal. The pedestal is adorned with bronze bas reliefs on three sides, depicting scenes from Bunyan's work "Pilgrim's Progress." This monument was presented to the Borough of Bedford by Hastings, the 9th Duke of Bedford.
Local climate
Bunyan Monument sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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