Mason Monument Approximately 1 Metre South of 4th Bay of South Aisle 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.
Mason Monument Approximately 1 Metre South of 4th Bay of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- fallow-brick-pine
- 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
- 53.62919, -1.30077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mason monument, located approximately 1 metre south of the fourth bay of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary, is an early 18th-century monumental slab commemorating Mary, the wife of John Mason of Upton, who died in 1723. Made of sandstone, the slab features a grooved margin and a semicircular band of scallops around the head, with winged angel heads in the spandrels. The inscription notes that Mary was aged 29 at her death. The monument also includes additions for Martha, the second wife of John Mason, who died in 1749 at the age of 39, and for John Mason himself, who died in 1763 at the age of 78. The slab has a crack and has been repaired with iron side plates.
Local climate
Mason Monument Approximately 1 Metre South of 4th Bay of South Aisle 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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