Monument to Dog is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Monument.
Monument to Dog
- WRENN ID
- rough-brick-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Dog, Brocklesby
- OS grid reference
- TA 138 113
- Coordinates
- 53.58619, -0.28141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Dog, built in 1833, is located in Brocklesby Park. This monument is made of Coade stone and takes the form of an urn set on a square pedestal. The pedestal rises from a plain square base and features a moulded plinth. Each side of the pedestal has a single patera, and one side bears the inscription: "Under this urn lies buried Dec 17th, 1833 a faithful and favourite dog, Old Windham." The urn is positioned on a swept base and is adorned with decorative swags, scrolls, and lion's head handle fixings.
Local climate
Monument to Dog receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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