Monument and Railings to Gh Foster 7 Metres West of St Michaels Cemetery Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Monument.
Monument and Railings to Gh Foster 7 Metres West of St Michaels Cemetery Chapel
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-moat-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1995
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SK 322 884
- Coordinates
- 53.39154, -1.51675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument and railings to GH Foster, located 7 meters west of St Michael's Cemetery Chapel, were built in 1894. Constructed from sandstone ashlar, Portland stone, and pink granite, this structure honors GH Foster and his family, who donated the cemetery chapel. The monument features a stepped square pedestal that supports an inscribed square block, which is topped with an ornate gabled canopy and double corner shafts that culminate in pinnacles. At the very top, there is a square crocketed spire. The vault includes a blocked doorway that is accessible by a stairway lined with glazed brick. Surrounding the monument is a wrought-iron railing and gate, set on a chamfered stone plinth with traceried square piers.
Local climate
Monument and Railings to Gh Foster 7 Metres West of St Michaels Cemetery Chapel receives an average of 890 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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