A4, Monument 1 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Memorial.
A4, Monument 1
- WRENN ID
- little-spire-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- A4, Monument 1, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 856 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24321, 0.71709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard memorial located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds. It is a square box tomb with a pointed top, dating from 1811. The tomb commemorates Thomas Moore and several other members of his family, as well as numerous individuals from the families of McLeroth and Steele, most of whom do not have dates recorded. The earliest burial noted is that of John Steele from 1762, and the last burial was of Hannah Moore McLeroth in 1894.
Local climate
A4, Monument 1 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- 5 Moore Monument in the Churchyard, About 10 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Margaret of Antioch
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