Salt Monument Approximately 20 Metres North of Transept of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1994. Monument.
Salt Monument Approximately 20 Metres North of Transept of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1994
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 944 223
- Coordinates
- 52.79836, -2.08431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The salt monument, located approximately 20 metres north of the transept of the Church of Holy Trinity in Baswich, is a Grade II listed structure. It commemorates Thomas and Sarah Salt, who died in 1837 and 1840, respectively, as well as Hannah and John, who died in 1838. The monument is made of ashlar and features a square design with tracery on its panels and a cornice topped with an urn. The inscription on the monument is partly illegible.
Local climate
Salt Monument Approximately 20 Metres North of Transept of Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% 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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