Memorial Stone 250 Metres North West of Brereton Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Memorial stone.

Memorial Stone 250 Metres North West of Brereton Park Farmhouse

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
30 January 1985
Type
Memorial stone
OS grid reference
SJ 496 631
Coordinates
53.16293, -2.7547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This memorial stone, dated 1876, is located 250 meters north-west of Brereton Park Farmhouse. It is made of buff sandstone and stands approximately 2 meters high. The stone is designed as an obelisk, resting on a chamfered plinth and topped with a pyramidal cap. The south face of the stone is inscribed with the following text:

"IN REMEMBRANCE OF JOHN RADCLIFFE ESQ. WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILST CROSSING THIS FENCE WITH THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS 7 MARCH 1876. No Man Is Sure of Life JOB XXIV 22."

Local climate

Memorial Stone 250 Metres North West of Brereton Park Farmhouse 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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