Wedgwood Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1952. Monument.
Wedgwood Monument
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-obsidian-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1952
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Wedgwood Monument, Audley, Audley Rural
- OS grid reference
- SJ 821 512
- Coordinates
- 53.05804, -2.26811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wedgwood Monument is a commemorative structure located in Audley, Staffordshire. It was erected in 1839 and underwent alterations following a partial collapse in 1976. The monument is made of ashlar and features a square pedestal topped by a truncated obelisk with a moulded base. On the east side of the pedestal, there is a panel inscribed with the following text: "JOHN WEDGWOOD / OF / BIGNALL END. ESQUIRE / BORN / FEBRUARY 11th 1760 / DIED / FEBRUARY 6th A.D. 1839."
Local climate
Wedgwood Monument receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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