Monument to Prescott Family in Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary South West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Monument.
Monument to Prescott Family in Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary South West of Church
- WRENN ID
- gentle-chapel-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1983
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Prescott Family in Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary South West of Church, Churchgate
- OS grid reference
- TL 348 023
- Coordinates
- 51.7041, -0.04944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Prescott family, located in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Mary, dates from the late 18th century. It is designed as a stone pyramid. The base features recessed angles adorned with paterae and marble plaques.
Local climate
Monument to Prescott Family in Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary South West of Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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