Hollings Monument Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Michael and Our Lady is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Monument.
Hollings Monument Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Michael and Our Lady
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-parapet-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SE 407 172
- Coordinates
- 53.65053, -1.38467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hollings Monument, located approximately 1 metre east of the porch of the Church of St. Michael and Our Lady, is a tomb chest from the early 18th century. It commemorates Peter Hollings, who died in 1726. The monument is made of sandstone and features panelled sides with square baluster corners. It has a raised shouldered panel adorned with winged angel heads in the spandrels and elegant serif lettering, starting with a raised decorated initial "H" in a sunk panel. The monument also includes additions for Judeth, the wife of Peter, who died in 1733, and their son Peter, who died in 1737, all inscribed in matching script.
Local climate
Hollings Monument Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Michael and Our Lady receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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