Lucas Monument at Churchyard of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. Monument.
Lucas Monument at Churchyard of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lone-pillar-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Lucas Monument at Churchyard of St Mary, Church Lane, Edith Weston
- OS grid reference
- SK 927 053
- Coordinates
- 52.63811, -0.63091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lucas Monument, located in the churchyard of St. Mary in Edith Weston, was erected in 1816. It is made of stone and features a plinth and a square pedestal with chamfered corners, standing approximately 2 meters high. The top of the monument slopes and is topped with an urn, which is finely carved and moulded, although the right handle of the urn is missing. The monument bears an inscription dedicated to Richard Lucas, who died in 1816. It is situated to the east of the church, near the churchyard wall.
Local climate
Lucas Monument at Churchyard of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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