Bradlaugh Monument is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1968. Monument.
Bradlaugh Monument
- WRENN ID
- stranded-courtyard-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1968
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Bradlaugh Monument, Abington Square, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 760 608
- Coordinates
- 52.24032, -0.88758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bradlaugh Monument is a terracotta statue situated in Abington Square. It features a plinth with white marble tablets and commemorates Charles Bradlaugh, who served as the Member of Parliament for Northampton from 1880 to 1891. Bradlaugh was known for his advocacy of free thought and his political contributions. The statue was created by the artist Tinworth in 1894.
Local climate
Bradlaugh Monument sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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