Parkinson Monument 4 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and 1 Metre West of Cross Shaft is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Monument.
Parkinson Monument 4 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and 1 Metre West of Cross Shaft
- WRENN ID
- steep-obsidian-coral
- 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 386 125
- Coordinates
- 53.60844, -1.41663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parkinson Monument is a monumental slab located 4 metres south of the south chapel of the Church of St Peter and 1 metre west of the cross shaft in Felkirk. This early 18th-century monument commemorates Joseph, the son of William Parkinson, who died in 1724. It is made of sandstone and features a plain slab design, with the exception of the head, which is adorned with carved scrolls and twined flowers in the corners. The slab also includes a raised decorated initial letter "H" and a cursive inscription in serif capitals.
Local climate
Parkinson Monument 4 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and 1 Metre West of Cross Shaft receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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