Monument to William Parker 40 Metres South West of Old Chapel at General Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to William Parker 40 Metres South West of Old Chapel at General Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- fading-loggia-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SK 340 858
- Coordinates
- 53.36859, -1.48904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, erected in 1837, honors William Parker, a merchant from Sheffield. It was built by the merchants and manufacturers of the city. The structure features a square stepped base that supports a corniced square pedestal with an inscription. Atop this pedestal is a circular lantern adorned with fluted Corinthian columns, a festooned base, and an inscribed cornice, all culminating in a dome. The monument is made of white marble and is located 40 meters south-west of the Old Chapel at the General Cemetery on Cemetery Road.
Local climate
Monument to William Parker 40 Metres South West of Old Chapel at General Cemetery 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 D Parker Monument in Churchyard About 14 Metres South of South East Angle of Tower of Church of St James
- 2 Monument to south of Cemetery Chapels
- 3 R Parker Monument in Churchyard About 16 Metres South of South East Angle of Tower of Church of St James
- 4 Parker Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North of North East Buttress of Tower of Church of St Thomas
- 5 Monument to Mark Firth 60 Metres East of New Chapel at General Cemetery
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- Old Chapel at General Cemetery
- George Bennet Memorial in General Cemetery
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- Main Gateway and Lodges to General Cemetery
- Westbrook Snuff Mill
- Gateway to General Cemetery with Screen and Flanking Walls
- Sewer Gas Lamp at Junction with Frog Walk
- Sharrow Head House