Monument to Richard Oastler in Christ Church Churchyard near south door is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Monument to Richard Oastler in Christ Church Churchyard near south door

WRENN ID
over-arch-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Richard Oastler in Christ Church Churchyard near south door, Woodhouse Hill
OS grid reference
SE 153 190
Coordinates
53.6675, -1.76952
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Richard Oastler is located in the churchyard of Christ Church, near the south door. It was built in the mid-19th century and features a Gothic tabernacle topped with a crocketed spire.

Local climate

Monument to Richard Oastler in Christ Church Churchyard near south door sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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