Colliery Explosion Monument Approximately 5 Metres to South of Porch to Church of St Thomas and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1986. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Colliery Explosion Monument Approximately 5 Metres to South of Porch to Church of St Thomas and St James
- WRENN ID
- hushed-bastion-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley South MP: Stephanie Peacock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SE 357 043
- Coordinates
- 53.53469, -1.46201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a colliery explosion monument dating from around 1875, located approximately 5 metres south of the porch to the Church of St. Thomas and St. James. The monument is made of ashlar sandstone and features cast-iron railings. It is enclosed in a square area with railings that rise to the north, and it stands on a four-step plinth leading up to the square-sectioned monument.
The enclosure has square corner posts, and the railing bars are infilled with floral panels that include masks and fleur-de-lys finials. The monument itself has a chamfered base and a die with a panel on the south side that is inscribed with the following text:
"ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE 143 MEN AND BOYS WHO WERE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION IN SWAITHE MAIN COLLIERY ON DECEMBER 6th 1875 'IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH' "
The cornice beneath the block features granite corner shafts and panels that depict tools and a colliery scene. At the top, there is a scaled dome with rounded panels carved with grapes, grain, passion flowers, and primulas, culminating in a cross at the apex.
Local climate
Colliery Explosion Monument Approximately 5 Metres to South of Porch to Church of St Thomas and St James receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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