Beards Monument Approximately 10 Metres to North of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Monument.
Beards Monument Approximately 10 Metres to North of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- heavy-stone-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East MP: Pat McFadden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1992
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 949 965
- Coordinates
- 52.56665, -2.07524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beards Monument, located approximately 10 meters north of the Church of St Leonard in Bilston, is a Grade II listed structure commemorating George Beards (died 1817), his daughter Maria (died 1817), and his wife Maria (died 1828). The monument is made of ashlar and features a square plinth on a moulded base, which has recessed rounded angles adorned with imbricated mouldings. The top frieze is decorated with a palm leaf motif and is capped with a moulded element. Inscriptions are displayed in oval panels surrounded by a husk border, with lower panels featuring concave corners. The angles of the monument are embellished with cherubs, hour glasses, and snakes.
Local climate
Beards Monument Approximately 10 Metres to North of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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