A larger than life-size bronze statue of Chadwick dressed in a frock coat, his right hand raised to his chest and left hand leaning on a book. On the front of the stepped pedestal is a rectangular bronze bas-relief depicting Mrs Chadwick, seated, with children, her hand pointing towards the orphanage established by her husband. Samuel Taylor Chadwick, a doctor and philanthropist, was born in Urmston, Lancashire, into a relatively wealthy farming family. He moved in 1837 to Bolton, and developed a reputation as an able doctor with a willingness to help the poor. He was also concerned to improve the public health of the town, a subject he pursued when serving as a Conservative councillor from 1858 to 1861.