Sutherland Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1952. Monument.
Sutherland Monument
- WRENN ID
- solemn-loft-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1952
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Sutherland Monument, Lilleshall Hill
- OS grid reference
- SJ 729 156
- Coordinates
- 52.73741, -2.40272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sutherland Monument is a large ashlar obelisk erected in 1833 to commemorate George Granville, Duke of Sutherland. It stands 70 feet high on a square plinth and is set on a stepped base. An inscribed tablet is located on the north side of the monument. The structure is positioned on a rugged crag that overlooks the village of Lilleshall.
Local climate
Sutherland Monument receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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