Monument Approximately 5 Metres South of Bispham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. A C19 Monument.
Monument Approximately 5 Metres South of Bispham Hall
- WRENN ID
- still-shingle-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield MP: Andy Burnham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 523 024
- Coordinates
- 53.51659, -2.7201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument located approximately 5 meters south of Bispham Hall is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of stone and takes the form of a small obelisk set on a simple plinth. The plinth bears the inscription: "ALAS/POOR FAITHFUL/DASH," suggesting that it is a memorial to a dog.
Local climate
Monument Approximately 5 Metres South of Bispham Hall 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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