Pitts Column is a Grade II* listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Monument.
Pitts Column
- WRENN ID
- open-pewter-starling
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Pitts Column, Sandon Park, Sandon and Burston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 963 281
- Coordinates
- 52.85101, -2.05608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pitt's Column, erected in 1806 by the first Earl of Harrowby, is a monumental stone Doric column standing 75 feet high. It features an urn finial atop a square base and is modeled after Trajan's column. The column is surrounded by wrought iron railings and serves as a memorial to the notable Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger.
Local climate
Pitts Column receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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