Harrison Monument Approximately 10 Metres West South West of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Monument.
Harrison Monument Approximately 10 Metres West South West of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SE 463 149
- Coordinates
- 53.62907, -1.30111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harrison Monument, located approximately 10 metres west-south-west of the porch of the Church of St. Mary, is a monumental slab from the mid-18th century. It commemorates Mary, the daughter of Richard Harrison, who died in 1752. The monument is made of sandstone and features a decorative head with an incised semicircular arch that springs from imposts on scrolled brackets, complete with a triple keystone. The inscription is elegantly lettered, and there is an addition for Martha, another daughter who died in 1782, along with a four-line verse below this. The right-hand side of the item is slightly damaged.
Local climate
Harrison Monument Approximately 10 Metres West South West of Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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