Sutton Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1968. Monument.
Sutton Monument
- WRENN ID
- first-thatch-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1968
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Sutton Monument, Forton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 758 216
- Coordinates
- 52.79203, -2.35927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sutton Monument is a late 18th-century structure, though its origins are not well understood. It features a cone-shaped tower made of ashlar stone, with square openings.
Local climate
Sutton Monument receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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