Smith Monument Approximately 5 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.
Smith Monument Approximately 5 Metres to North of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- white-flagstone-evening
- 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 950 965
- Coordinates
- 52.56662, -2.07516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith Monument, located approximately 5 metres north of the Church of St Leonard in Bilston, is a Grade II listed structure. This monument commemorates Job Smith (died 1822), Daniel Smith (died 1833), Job Hickman Lester (died 1844), and others. It is constructed of ashlar and features a square chest tomb set on a plinth. The tomb is adorned with reeded pilaster strips and a frieze that includes cherubs at the corners. The inscription plaques are fluted with either oval or square shapes that have concave corners, although the front panel is illegible.
Local climate
Smith Monument Approximately 5 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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