Monument in St Mary's Churchyard to Susannah Lewis 1765 (30 Metres to North East of Chapel) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Monument.
Monument in St Mary's Churchyard to Susannah Lewis 1765 (30 Metres to North East of Chapel)
- WRENN ID
- peeling-railing-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 293 265
- Coordinates
- 51.92245, -0.12095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, located in St Mary's Churchyard, was erected in 1765 to commemorate Susannah Lewis. It is made of carved limestone and features a design resembling a scroll-like obelisk, akin to a baroque candelabrum supported by four scroll-shaped feet. The monument is raised on a panelled base and topped with an urn finial. It stands 30 meters to the northeast of the chapel.
Local climate
Monument in St Mary's Churchyard to Susannah Lewis 1765 (30 Metres to North East of Chapel) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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