Laura Janet Monument Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Fylde local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1993. Monument.
Laura Janet Monument Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- gilded-vault-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fylde
- Constituency
- Fylde MP: Mr Andrew Snowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1993
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 357 272
- Coordinates
- 53.73773, -2.97624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The "Laura Janet" monument, located approximately 30 metres north of the Church of St Cuthbert in Lytham St Annes, is a Grade II listed structure from the late 19th century. This monument commemorates seven members of the crew of the lifeboat "Laura Janet" who tragically lost their lives while trying to rescue the crew of the German barque "Mexico" during a storm on the night of 9 December 1886.
Constructed from red sandstone, the monument is designed in a Gothic style and stands about 4 metres high. It features a pinnacled tabernacle mounted on a square platform with two low steps and a stepped plinth. The structure includes a cross-gabled blind tabernacle with cusped arches and steep gablets, topped by a short arcaded shaft with a crocketed pinnacle.
On the east side, there is an arch that displays a carving of the crew rowing the boat through heavy seas, beneath which is a memorial inscription that lists their names. The other arches feature various inscriptions. This monument is part of a group with the Church of St Cuthbert.
Local climate
Laura Janet Monument Approximately 30 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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