Law Monument by Churchyard Entrance to North East of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1994. Monument.
Law Monument by Churchyard Entrance to North East of Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1994
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Law Monument by Churchyard Entrance to North East of Church of St Michael, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- SK 123 096
- Coordinates
- 52.68421, -1.81809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Law monument, located by the churchyard entrance to the northeast of the Church of St Michael, is a Grade II listed structure commemorating James Thomas Law, Chancellor of the Diocese and Master of the Hospital of St John, who died in 1876, and his wife Henrietta Charlotte, who died in 1866. Erected in 1864, the monument is made of ashlar stone with some stippled tooling. It features a rectangular shape set on two steps, with three trefoil-headed arches on the sides and two on the ends. The design includes a drip course, a deep frieze adorned with guilloche moulding, and a top cornice with brattishing. The monument is topped with a pyramidal ashlar roof and a finial that includes a cross within a heavy roundel. The arches are unadorned, while the square piers have capitals with side mouldings and iron rails within the arches. Inside, there are two gabled slabs with inscriptions. Originally, the monument had a clock illuminated by gas at the top roundel, intended for travelers on the main road to Burton and the Trent Valley Railway Station. Chancellor Law was a significant local benefactor.
Local climate
Law Monument by Churchyard Entrance to North East of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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