The Monument is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1967. Memorial. 4 related planning applications.
The Monument
- WRENN ID
- half-quoin-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Derbyshire
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1967
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The Monument, High Street, Dronfield
- OS grid reference
- SK 350 784
- Coordinates
- 53.30214, -1.47524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument is a memorial located in Dronfield, dated 1846. It is constructed from ashlar gritstone and stands on a stepped base, with a square plan. The structure features four double chamfered archways, which are supported by buttressed corner piers that are stepped and have set-offs. Above the arches, there are ashlar panels that are pierced by quatrefoils. At the top, there is a squat octagonal ashlar spire that rises from a corbel table adorned with animal heads. The spire includes miniature lucarnes and is topped with a cross finial. A plaque on the monument commemorates its erection in honor of the repeal of the corn laws, dated June 26th, 1846. It is noted that the monument is situated on the site of the former town cross.
Local climate
The Monument receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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