Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Memorial.
Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury
- WRENN ID
- far-bailey-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, Farley
- OS grid reference
- SK 074 432
- Coordinates
- 52.98698, -1.8911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury is a Grade II* listed structure, built around 1830. It is made of ashlar and cast iron. The memorial features a square rusticated pedestal with a stepped plinth and an oversailing cap. At the top, there is a circular base inscribed with the words "HE MADE THE DESERT SMILE." Surrounding this base are six Corinthian columns that define a cylindrical space, which contains a pedestalled bust of the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury. This space is topped with an entablature and an oversailing dome adorned with fish-scale decoration, scrolls, and a central foliated crest. The design of the memorial is inspired by the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, dating back to 334 B.C. This memorial is an important part of the garden layout at Alton Towers, which is registered as Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register.
Local climate
Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 81% 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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