Memorial, Approximately 850 Metres South East of Packington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1988. Memorial.
Memorial, Approximately 850 Metres South East of Packington Hall
- WRENN ID
- shifting-rotunda-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1988
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SP 228 832
- Coordinates
- 52.44649, -1.66473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This memorial, located approximately 850 meters southeast of Packington Hall, dates from around 1760. It is made of coursed and squared sandstone and stands on a sandstone plinth. The memorial features a pediment and has cyma moulding surrounding a tablet, which is inscribed in Roman lettering. The inscription, now partly eroded, records a death by lightning at this location along with the date. One side of the memorial is adorned with a stone carving of crossed bolts of lightning.
Local climate
Memorial, Approximately 850 Metres South East of Packington Hall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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