Monument to Edward Thring in Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Monument.
Monument to Edward Thring in Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- eastward-courtyard-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Edward Thring in Churchyard, London Road, Uppingham
- OS grid reference
- SP 866 995
- Coordinates
- 52.58678, -0.72228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Edward Thring is a late 19th-century monumental cross located in the churchyard on the east side of London Road in Uppingham. Made of grey granite, the cross features a Celtic style with finely-carved roundels. It commemorates Edward Thring, the headmaster of Uppingham School, who was instrumental in its expansion and development and passed away in 1887. The inscription reads, "This cross was erected to the memory of a beloved teacher by those of his boys who were at Uppingham Oct 22 1887."
Local climate
Monument to Edward Thring in Churchyard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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