Allen Monument South of Apse at East End of Church of St Ann is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Monument.
Allen Monument South of Apse at East End of Church of St Ann
- WRENN ID
- half-timber-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Allen Monument South of Apse at East End of Church of St Ann, St Ann Street, M2 7LF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 838 983
- Coordinates
- 53.48156, -2.24555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Allen monument is a tomb chest located south of the apse at the east end of the Church of St Ann, dating from 1773. It commemorates Joseph Allen, who died in 1769, his wife Alice, who died in 1742, and their children: John, who died in 1726 at the age of 2; Sam, who died in 1736 at the age of 6; John, who died in 1754 at the age of 22; Joseph, who died in 1756 at the age of 29; Thomas, who died in 1758 at the age of 23; and Alice, who died in 1759 at the age of 21. The monument is made of sandstone and features raised fielded panels on the sides and ends, with a plain lid. The lid has the names and dates inscribed in a vertical list, followed by the inscription: "As a Testimony of Duty / And Affection to his Honoured Parents / And of Love to his Brothers & Sister / Will.m Allen of Davy-Hulme / Erected this Tomb 1773".
Local climate
Allen Monument South of Apse at East End of Church of St Ann sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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