Monument on Adam Hill, South East of Barningham Park is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Monument.

Monument on Adam Hill, South East of Barningham Park

WRENN ID
first-postern-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NZ 088 100
Coordinates
54.486, -1.86476
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument located on Adam Hill, south-east of Barningham Park, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of polished Shap granite set on a sandstone base. The structure features a tapering pyramid-topped obelisk that stands on a double stepped plinth and square base, reaching an overall height of 2.5 metres. The four faces of the plinth bear inscriptions commemorating Lady Augusta Milbank (1797-1874), Mark Milbank (1795-1881), Mark W. Vane Milbank (1819-1883), and Mary Milbank (1848-1892).

Local climate

Monument on Adam Hill, South East of Barningham Park receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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