Kay Monument Approximately 30 Metres South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Kay Monument Approximately 30 Metres South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- seventh-arch-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 842 329
- Coordinates
- 53.79234, -2.23994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kay monument, located approximately 30 metres south of the Church of St Peter, is a Grade II listed structure commemorating various members of the Kay family. Likely built in the mid-19th century, it honors Elizabeth, the wife of William Fishwick of Green Bank and the eldest daughter of Thomas Kay, who died in 1831; Thomas Kay of Laund House, Rossendale, who died in 1835; and William Greenwood Kay, son of Thomas Kay, who died in 1836. The monument is made of sandstone and polished granite, featuring a square tomb chest with clasping corner pilasters adorned with Greek key and anthemion designs, and inset polished granite panels with inscriptions on three sides. Atop the chest is a massive superstructure consisting of a pedestal supported by scrolled console brackets at the corners, which holds an elaborate gadrooned urn. The monument is part of a group with the Chaffer monument and the Waddington monument, located approximately 20 metres to the north, as well as the Church of St Peter.
Local climate
Kay Monument Approximately 30 Metres South of Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- The Stackhouses
- Retaining Wall Along North and West Sides of St Peters Churchyard
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