Clarke Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 14 Metres South of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Clarke Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 14 Metres South of Tower
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-cloister-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 399 110
- Coordinates
- 51.78051, 0.02743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clarke monument, located in the churchyard at the Old Church of St James, was erected in 1725 to commemorate Joseph Clarke. It features a moulded limestone tomb chest with recessed baluster corners and a raised fielded panel on each face. The primary inscription is found on the moulded top slab. The monument is situated 14 metres south of the church tower.
Local climate
Clarke Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 14 Metres South of Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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