George Fox Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1989. Monument.
George Fox Monument
- WRENN ID
- lone-frieze-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1989
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- George Fox Monument, George Fow Lane, Witherley
- OS grid reference
- SP 349 967
- Coordinates
- 52.56762, -1.48507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George Fox Monument is a memorial dated 1872, designed in the form of an obelisk made of ashlar. It features an inscription that reads: "TO MEMORY OF / GEORGE FOX / THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS / BORN NEAR THIS SPOT AT / FENNY DRAYTON / A.D. 1642 / DIED A.D. 1690 / AND WAS INTERRED IN BUNHILL / FIELDS BURIAL GROUND LONDON / ERECTED 1872".
Local climate
George Fox Monument receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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