Paxton Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1974. Monument. 3 related planning applications.
Paxton Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-plinth-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Paxton Memorial, London Road, CV1 2JT
- OS grid reference
- SP 341 783
- Coordinates
- 52.40168, -1.49995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Paxton Memorial is a tall stone monument designed in the Decorated style by architect Joseph Goddard and sculptor Samuel Barfield of Leicester, completed in 1865 to honor Sir Joseph Paxton. The monument features granite colonnettes and has a slender outline with many carved details. It is part of a group of listed buildings within the Cemetery.
Local climate
Paxton Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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