Foster Monument to South End of Merridale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Monument.
Foster Monument to South End of Merridale Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-frieze-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1992
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Foster Monument to South End of Merridale Cemetery, Jeffcock Road, City of Wolverhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 900 978
- Coordinates
- 52.57811, -2.14756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Foster Monument, located at the south end of Merridale Cemetery in Wolverhampton, is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to Joseph Foster (who died in 1861), Elizabeth Foster (who died in 1869), and A.C.F. Gough (who died in 1892). Erected in the 1860s, the monument is made of ashlar and is inspired by the Choragic monument to Lysicrates. It features a round plinth set on three round steps adorned with laurel festoons. The monument is supported by six Ionic columns and includes an entablature and a dome that sits above an urn on the plinth, which also has inscription panels.
Local climate
Foster Monument to South End of Merridale Cemetery 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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