Monument to Adam Westwell Circa 40 Metres West of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. Monument.
Monument to Adam Westwell Circa 40 Metres West of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cobble-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 759 284
- Coordinates
- 53.75225, -2.36602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Adam Westwell, who died in 1859, is located approximately 40 metres west of the Church of St. James in Accrington. Erected in 1860, this stone structure features a pedestal with a square section designed to resemble the top stage of a Gothic church tower. It includes a square base, a moulded plinth, diagonal buttresses, a chamfered cornice, and a parapet that is pierced by quatrefoils, with crocketed pinnacles at each corner. Each side of the pedestal has a panel set within a multifoil arch, decorated with carvings that include musical instruments. The inscription on the west side notes that the monument was erected by members and friends of the Accrington Brass Band in memory of Adam Westwell, "WHO FOR MANY YEARS WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED OPHICLEIDE PLAYER IN THE ABOVE BAND MDCCCLX". The ophicleide is a keyed brass wind instrument.
Local climate
Monument to Adam Westwell Circa 40 Metres West of Church of St James sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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