The Monument is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1966. Monument.
The Monument
- WRENN ID
- high-pinnacle-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1966
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Monument, Somerby
- OS grid reference
- TA 060 067
- Coordinates
- 53.5467, -0.40104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument is a structure built in 1770, made of ashlar stone. It features a Doric column topped with an urn, commemorating 29 years of happy marriage for Edward and Ann Weston of Somerby Hall. The monument has a square rusticated base with a plinth and entablature from which a circular entasised pillar rises. This pillar has a Doric capital and roses in the necking, along with a floriated frieze and a blocking course. There are three steps leading up to the urn, which is adorned with a snake coiled around it, biting its tail, symbolizing eternity, from which a flame issues. The long Latin inscription on the south face has become illegible over time.
Local climate
The Monument 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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