York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Monument.
York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument
- WRENN ID
- waning-ledge-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument, Cemetery Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 612 508
- Coordinates
- 53.95051, -1.06818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hessay Monument is a cadaver tomb located in York Cemetery, specifically at Plot Number 17945. It commemorates Charles Ellis Hessey, who died in 1874, and is likely carved by his brother, Mark Hessey. The monument is made of Portland stone and features a slab that is approximately 2.0 meters long. It supports a carved recumbent figure draped in a shroud, through which the deceased's facial features and feet are visible. At the head of the tomb, there is a group of three watching angels on one side, which was originally balanced by a matching group on the other side, now lost. The deceased's name is carved along one side of the base, while his date of death is inscribed on the opposite side.
Local climate
York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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