Atkinson Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1986. Tomb.
Atkinson Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- south-sill-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 006 432
- Coordinates
- 52.98671, -1.99236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Atkinson Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 20 meters southeast of the Church of St. Giles in Cheadle. It commemorates Joseph Atkinson of Melfield, Dublin, who died in 1818. The memorial is made of stone and features a moulded base with incised sides that bear fine inscriptions, including a 20-line quote from Thomas Moore. It is topped with a reeded surbase and a gadrooned urn finial.
Local climate
Atkinson Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Church of St Giles receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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