Richard Baxter Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1992. Monument.
Richard Baxter Monument
- WRENN ID
- third-hearth-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1992
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Richard Baxter Monument, Wolverley and Cookley
- OS grid reference
- SO 819 809
- Coordinates
- 52.42602, -2.2671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richard Baxter Monument is a structure dating from around 1850, located on a hilltop at Blakeshall Common. It is made of red and purple fired bricks, featuring a stone string and base. The monument has a pedestal with a moulded base and cornice, and each side has a rendered panel, with the north side displaying an inserted stone inscription tablet. Above the pedestal stands a tall brick obelisk, which has a bullnose string at its base.
Richard Baxter, the Presbyterian divine, lived in Kidderminster from 1641 until he left in 1661.
Local climate
Richard Baxter Monument receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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