Huskisson Monument in Saint James' Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. Monument.
Huskisson Monument in Saint James' Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- tall-corbel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1952
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Huskisson Monument in Saint James' Cemetery, St Jame's Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 354 893
- Coordinates
- 53.39706, -2.97194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Huskisson Monument, located in Saint James' Cemetery, was built in 1836 and designed by J. Foster. This circular structure is constructed of stone and showcases a Greek Revival style. The base features channelled rustication and an entrance with an architrave and a 20th-century gate. The upper section is adorned with an attached Corinthian colonnade, which has high square openings on a sill band with iron grilles. An entablature with antefixae crowns the structure, topped by a shallow stone dome that includes lights and a cross. Inside, there was originally a statue of William Huskisson, created by John Gibson, which has since been removed. Huskisson was a Member of Parliament for Liverpool and served as President of the Board of Trade; he tragically died in 1830 when he was run over during the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The design of the monument is inspired by the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.
Local climate
Huskisson Monument in Saint James' Cemetery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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