Foster Monument Approximately 1 Metre South of East Bay of Chancel of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Monument.
Foster Monument Approximately 1 Metre South of East Bay of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- gentle-eave-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SE 220 392
- Coordinates
- 53.84918, -1.66589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Foster Monument, located approximately 1 metre south of the east bay of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter, is a Grade II listed monumental slab dedicated to Samuel Foster, who died in 1713. The monument is made of sandstone and features a border adorned with simplified linked flower trumpets. It includes long inscriptions rendered in primitive lettering.
Local climate
Foster Monument Approximately 1 Metre South of East Bay of Chancel of Church of St Peter 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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