Walmesley Monument in Front of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Commemorative cross.
Walmesley Monument in Front of Church of St John
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Commemorative cross
- Address
- Walmesley Monument in Front of Church of St John, Standishgate
- OS grid reference
- SD 584 060
- Coordinates
- 53.54949, -2.62846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walmesley Monument, located in front of the Church of St John, is a commemorative cross dated 1852, believed to be designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. It honors Charles and Elizabeth Walmesley. The monument is made of sandstone and is set on three square steps. It features a square pedestal with a dedicatory inscription, a square shaft with roll-moulded corners, and shields and symbols of the Evangelists at the base. At the top, there are figures of the Virgin and St John on corbels, along with a crocketed gablet. This monument is part of a group that includes the Church of St John and No. 93, St John's Club.
Local climate
Walmesley Monument in Front of Church of St John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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