Horse Monument in Morkery Woods, Grid Reference 955185 is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Monument.
Horse Monument in Morkery Woods, Grid Reference 955185
- WRENN ID
- waning-remnant-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Horse Monument in Morkery Woods, Grid Reference 955185, Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham
- OS grid reference
- SK 955 185
- Coordinates
- 52.75631, -0.58586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horse Monument in Morkery Woods is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1850. It commemorates a horse named The Butcher, which belonged to Field Marshall Grosvenor. The monument is made of ashlar and takes the form of a low obelisk that stands on a rectangular tomb chest. The front panel features a low relief carving of a horse with a docked tail alongside a tree. The rear panel displays an eight-line poem that recounts the circumstances of old Butcher lying in Morkery Wood, although it has become somewhat worn over time. A portrait of "Big Black Butcher" by John Fernley is located in Grimsthorpe Castle.
Local climate
Horse Monument in Morkery Woods, Grid Reference 955185 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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