Monument to King George IV Approximately 30 Metres to South of Astley House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1987. Monument.
Monument to King George IV Approximately 30 Metres to South of Astley House
- WRENN ID
- western-window-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 527 186
- Coordinates
- 52.76302, -2.70099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to King George IV, located approximately 30 metres south of Astley House, was built around 1830. It is made of grey sandstone ashlar and designed in a Gothic revival style. The monument has a square plan and features a pedestal with quatrefoils on each face, along with a frieze and cornice. The second stage also has quatrefoils on each face, claw feet, and crocketed Gothic arches above. The top stage is pierced and is surmounted by a bust, which is presumably of the King. This information was provided by the occupant of Astley House during a survey in January 1987.
Local climate
Monument to King George IV Approximately 30 Metres to South of Astley House 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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