Monument to William and Elizabeth Brookes in Churchyard of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to William and Elizabeth Brookes in Churchyard of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- fossil-porch-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hillingdon
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington MP: John McDonnell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to William and Elizabeth Brookes in Churchyard of Church of St Peter and St Paul, St Peter's Way
- OS grid reference
- TQ 087 782
- Coordinates
- 51.49247, -0.43453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William and Elizabeth Brookes is located in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul. This monumental tombstone, designed as a gabled shrine, commemorates Mr. William Brookes, who died in 1869. It is signed by J. Forsyth and constructed from limestone and granite, featuring inset bosses of marble. The east end of the gable is topped with a Celtic cross, while the west end displays a tall crocketed finial above an arched inscription panel set between colonnettes. The inscription reads: "In memory of Mr William Brookes, formerly of Mark Lane, London, Born 30th November 1789; died 2nd November 1869. Also of Mrs Elizabeth L.A. Brookes. Buried at St Bride's Fleet Street, wife of the above. Born 6th March 1787; died 15th March 1852."
Local climate
Monument to William and Elizabeth Brookes in Churchyard of Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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