Monument Approximately 48 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Editha is a Grade II listed building in the Tamworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1992. Monument.
Monument Approximately 48 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Editha
- WRENN ID
- slow-glass-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tamworth
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1992
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SK 207 041
- Coordinates
- 52.63468, -1.69497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, built in 1838, is located approximately 48 meters northwest of the tower of the Church of St. Editha in Tamworth. It is made of ashlar and features an obelisk on a square plinth, with slate tablets on its sides. The monument commemorates six female servants who tragically died in a fire at the Castle Hotel: Mary Ann Smith, Mary Ann Booth, Mary Garner, Mary Chatterton, Harriet Bonner, and Harriet Bushnell. It was erected by the inhabitants of Tamworth.
Local climate
Monument Approximately 48 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Editha receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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