Monument to Woodhouse Family, 15 Metres North East End of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. A C19 Monument, cenotaph.
Monument to Woodhouse Family, 15 Metres North East End of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- veiled-grate-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Monument, cenotaph
- OS grid reference
- SJ 560 728
- Coordinates
- 53.25077, -2.65947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Woodhouse family, located 15 meters northeast of the Church of St. John, dates back to 1840. It is constructed of ashlar limestone set on a red sandstone base, featuring marble plaques. The large monument stands approximately 3 meters high and has a moulded plinth that supports a plain rectangular body with sunken marble plaques on each face, although one plaque is missing. The inscriptions commemorate members of the Woodhouse family, including William, who died while visiting his estates in Marsala, Sicily. The body of the monument is topped with a moulded cornice that supports a flat capstone adorned with ornate consoles on the long sides. This capstone holds a sarcophagus with claw feet and plain flaring sides. The lid of the sarcophagus is weathered and stepped, featuring raised palmettes at the corners. Samuel Woodhouse of Norley Hall donated the land for the original church.
Local climate
Monument to Woodhouse Family, 15 Metres North East End of Church of St John receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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