Ellesmere Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Ellesmere Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-pediment-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Ellesmere Memorial, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 738 030
- Coordinates
- 53.52339, -2.39639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ellesmere Memorial, built in 1868, is a memorial dedicated to Harriet, the widow of the first Earl of Ellesmere. Designed by T.G. Jackson following a competition judged by Street, the memorial is constructed from stone and features a Gothic style. It consists of a tabernacle topped by a tall, elaborately detailed pinnacle. The structure rests on a battered plinth that supports cusped arches on each of its four sides, framed by crocketted gables and corner pinnacles. Inside each arch is a short column that supports the two stages above. The middle stage contains intricate niches that hold figures representing charity, munificence, prudence, and piety. The top stage features gablets supported by small columns, culminating in a cross finial. Notably, small figures of a cotton-worker, a collier, and two factory girls that were once part of the memorial have been removed.
Local climate
Ellesmere Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- No EPC on record for this property
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