Memorial to A Dog in the Rose Garden of the Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Monument.

Memorial to A Dog in the Rose Garden of the Old Hall

WRENN ID
sunken-plaster-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1984
Type
Monument
Address
Memorial to A Dog in the Rose Garden of the Old Hall, Little Heath Road, Christleton, CH3 7AH
OS grid reference
SJ 442 657
Coordinates
53.18561, -2.83643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a memorial to a dog, likely from the 18th century, located in the rose garden of the Old Hall. It consists of a large rectangular grey sandstone slab that is set upright within a buff sandstone surround. On the surround, there is a carved statue of a reclining spaniel, which has become quite worn over time. The grey slab features a notably long inscription written in small, well-cut copperplate script. Due to wear, some details of the text are difficult to read.

Local climate

Memorial to A Dog in the Rose Garden of the Old Hall 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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