Memorial to John Shortridge 15 Metres South West of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Funerary monument.

Memorial to John Shortridge 15 Metres South West of Christ Church

WRENN ID
secret-sandstone-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield Heeley MP: Louise Haigh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1995
Type
Funerary monument
OS grid reference
SK 355 849
Coordinates
53.36041, -1.46793
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a funerary monument dedicated to John Shortridge, a steel manufacturer who lived from 1803 to 1869. Erected in 1869, the memorial is a granite obelisk approximately 5 meters high, set on a square sandstone pedestal that features a chamfered plinth and a moulded cornice. The inscription on the monument is now illegible. The base of the monument is square and includes elaborate fluted volutes at the corners, as well as a wreathed roundel on each side. It stands on a square foundation stone and is enclosed by a square kerb, which originally had a railing. The monument is located 15 meters south-west of Christ Church on Gleadless Road in Sheffield.

Local climate

Memorial to John Shortridge 15 Metres South West of Christ Church 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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