Monument to William Fawcett in Christ Church Churchyard West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to William Fawcett in Christ Church Churchyard West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- stark-gateway-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to William Fawcett in Christ Church Churchyard West of Tower, Woodhouse Hill
- OS grid reference
- SE 153 190
- Coordinates
- 53.66758, -1.76973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Fawcett is located in the churchyard of Christ Church, to the west of the tower. It was erected in 1868 and is designed as a plain stone pyramid.
Local climate
Monument to William Fawcett in Christ Church Churchyard West of Tower 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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