Cenotaph to Matthew Henry on Grosvenor Street Roundabout is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Monument.
Cenotaph to Matthew Henry on Grosvenor Street Roundabout
- WRENN ID
- fossil-passage-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Cenotaph to Matthew Henry on Grosvenor Street Roundabout, Nicholas Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 403 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18684, -2.89342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cenotaph to Matthew Henry, located on Grosvenor Street Roundabout, is a monument dating from 1860. It features a polished granite obelisk set on a square base with three sandstone steps. The obelisk is inscribed with the following text: "MATTHEW HENRY VDM BORN 18TH OCTOBER 1662 DIED 22ND JUNE 1714 INTERRED IN TRINITY CHURCH IN THIS CITY." Matthew Henry was a prominent divine and biblical commentator, born at Broad Oak Iscoyd, which was then in the parish of Malpas, Cheshire. He was ordained privately in London and began his ministry as a non-conformist in Chester in 1687, residing in Bollands Court, White Friars until 1712. His biblical commentaries are well-regarded. The roundabout island is part of the former graveyard of the churches of St Bridget and St Martin, which are not included in this listing.
Local climate
Cenotaph to Matthew Henry on Grosvenor Street Roundabout 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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