Whiteley Memorial Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Mark is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Whiteley Memorial Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Mark
- WRENN ID
- sunken-gable-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SE 294 351
- Coordinates
- 53.81209, -1.55385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whiteley Memorial, located approximately 10 metres west of the Church of St Mark, is a memorial built around 1879. It is constructed from ashlar and carved stone in the Gothic Revival style. The memorial features a stepped base and a square plinth with an inscription on the east side. This is topped by an octagonal pillar that has a niche finial, which is enclosed in a square framework with traceries, quatrefoil columns, and Gothic arches. The inscription commemorates Thomas Whiteley, who died at Bagbie Lodge in Leeds in 1879, as well as his wife.
Local climate
Whiteley Memorial Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Mark receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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