Wilson Monument Immediately North of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. Monument.
Wilson Monument Immediately North of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- haunted-gallery-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Wilson Monument Immediately North of Chancel of Church of St Mary, Church Street, Batchworth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 061 942
- Coordinates
- 51.63682, -0.46759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilson Monument, located immediately north of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Rickmansworth, is a Grade II listed urn-tomb dedicated to T. Wilson, who died in 1843. This monument is constructed of stone and is designed in the Greek Revival style. It features a pedestal with diagonally extruded piers at the front corners and a semi-circular shape at the rear. The structure includes a moulded plinth and capping, as well as antefixae. The upper section has battered sides with a pediment and an inscribed panel, topped by an urn.
Local climate
Wilson Monument Immediately North of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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