Monument to south of Cemetery Chapels is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1984. A Victorian Monument.

Monument to south of Cemetery Chapels

WRENN ID
gilded-alcove-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North East Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1984
Type
Monument
Period
Victorian
Address
Monument to south of Cemetery Chapels, Cemetery Road, Clay Cross
OS grid reference
SK 397 628
Coordinates
53.16143, -1.40718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a monument located to the south of the Cemetery Chapels in Clay Cross, built in 1884. It is made of stone and features a stepped plinth with a pedestal base. The monument has inset cusped panels with inscriptions on three sides. The south face commemorates the forty-five men and boys who lost their lives in an explosion at Park House Pit in Clay Cross on November 7th, 1882, and notes that it was erected by their fellow workmen and the public in 1884. The names of the deceased are inscribed on the west and east sides. Above the pedestal is a tall quatrefoil pillar with a gableted base and a band of ballflower decoration. The pillar is topped with a foliate capital and a weeping woman figure made of white marble. This monument is included for its group value.

Local climate

Monument to south of Cemetery Chapels receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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