Monument to Members of the Preston Family in North West Corner of Churchyard of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1983. Monument.
Monument to Members of the Preston Family in North West Corner of Churchyard of St John
- WRENN ID
- nether-corbel-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon East MP: Natasha Irons (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1983
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Members of the Preston Family in North West Corner of Churchyard of St John, Shirley Church Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 358 653
- Coordinates
- 51.37131, -0.05004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to members of the Preston family is located in the north-west corner of the churchyard of St John. It was likely built in the mid-19th century and is designed as a small concrete Greek Doric temple. The structure features six white marble columns, each measuring four feet in height.
Local climate
Monument to Members of the Preston Family in North West Corner of Churchyard of St John 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- 5 Monument of Captain William Preston Rn, Approximately 1 Metre South of South Corner of Church
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