Sheffield Monument (In Churchyard of Parish Church of St John the Evangelist) is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1980. Monument.
Sheffield Monument (In Churchyard of Parish Church of St John the Evangelist)
- WRENN ID
- south-stone-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup MP: Mr Louie French (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1980
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Sheffield Monument (In Churchyard of Parish Church of St John the Evangelist), Church Avenue
- OS grid reference
- TQ 464 715
- Coordinates
- 51.42399, 0.10564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sheffield Monument, located in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, is a Grade II listed structure. It stands 12 yards southeast of the church and commemorates Mary Jane Sheffield, who died on 5 February 1899. The monument features a bronze cross set on a stone plinth, designed in the Art Nouveau style. The cross has a flanged rivetted shaft divided into two stages, with a decorative looped center and foils in the spandrels between the arms.
Local climate
Sheffield Monument (In Churchyard of Parish Church of St John the Evangelist) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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