Fourdrinier Monument Approximately 67.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1992. Monument.
Fourdrinier Monument Approximately 67.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- grim-gallery-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1992
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 904 337
- Coordinates
- 52.90117, -2.14302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fourdrinier Monument, located approximately 67.5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Michael, is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1850. It is made of ashlar stone and features a square base that shows traces of railings. The square monument sits on a plinth and includes a cornice and an urn on top, although part of the urn is missing. The monument has rebated angles and inscriptions on three sides. It commemorates members of the Fourdrinier family, who died between 1841 and 1900. Notably, Henry Fourdrinier (1765-1854) was the inventor of a machine that produced paper through a continuous process and was the maternal uncle of John Henry Newman.
Local climate
Fourdrinier Monument Approximately 67.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael 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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