Memorial to Joseph Wilton Ra in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1979. A C19 Memorial.
Memorial to Joseph Wilton Ra in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1979
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Joseph Wilton Ra in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Overton Drive
- OS grid reference
- TQ 409 877
- Coordinates
- 51.57105, 0.03253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to Joseph Wilton, Royal Academician, is located in the churchyard of St Mary in Wanstead. Erected in 1803, it is designed in the form of a Grecian aedicule made of Portland stone. The memorial features battered sides and incised panels, with a round-arched entrance and a domed top adorned with corner acroteria.
Local climate
Memorial to Joseph Wilton Ra in Churchyard of Church of St Mary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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