Chaffer Monument Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Chaffer Monument Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- twisted-latch-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 842 329
- Coordinates
- 53.7924, -2.24002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chaffer monument, located approximately 12 meters south of the Church of St Peter, is a monumental headstone and enclosure from the late 19th century. It commemorates various members of the Chaffer family, including Daniel, son of Thomas and Sarah Chaffer, who died in 1845 at the age of 1; Sarah, who died in 1846 at the age of 31; Ann, the second wife of Thomas, who died in 1864; Eliza, the third daughter of Thomas and Sarah, who died in 1869 at the age of 27; and Thomas, who died in 1876 at the age of 69. The monument is made of finely dressed sandstone and is designed in the Gothic style. It features a very large headstone with cinquefoil panels on both sides and crocketed corner pinnacles. In front of the headstone is a rectangular enclosure surrounded by low walls with mouchette tracery. The monument is part of a group that includes the Waddington monument to the north, the Kay monument approximately 20 meters to the south, and the Church of St Peter.
Local climate
Chaffer Monument Approximately 12 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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