Monument to W Brown in North Part of Overleigh Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1998. Monument.

Monument to W Brown in North Part of Overleigh Cemetery

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 July 1998
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to W Brown in North Part of Overleigh Cemetery, Overleigh Road
OS grid reference
SJ 402 654
Coordinates
53.18251, -2.89526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to William Brown is located in the north part of Overleigh Cemetery in Chester. Erected around 1852, this obelisk is made of polished red granite and stands approximately 4 meters high. The plinth features an inscription that reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM BROWN ESQUIRE A MAGISTRATE OF THIS CITY WHO AT THE AGE OF SIXTY THREE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO TO RECORD THEIR HIGH SENSE OF HIS UNWEARIED EXERTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CHARITIES OF HIS NATIVE CITY AND HIS GREAT PUBLIC USEFULNESS HAVE RAISED THIS MONUMENT IN HIS MEMORY." William Brown was the second generation owner of the pioneering drapery and later department store, Browns of Chester.

Local climate

Monument to W Brown in North Part of Overleigh Cemetery receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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