Mawson Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1977. Monument.

Mawson Monument

WRENN ID
worn-lancet-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford East MP: Imran Hussain (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1977
Type
Monument
Address
Mawson Monument, Undercliffe Cemetery
OS grid reference
SE 173 342
Coordinates
53.80412, -1.7383
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mawson Monument is an obelisk on a pedestal, featuring simplified Graeco-Egyptian detail. It was erected in 1889 in memory of the architect William Mawson, who was a partner of Lockwood. The pedestal includes a medallion portrait of the architect.

Local climate

Mawson Monument receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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