Moyer Monument in Churchyard 20 Yards West South West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Monument.
Moyer Monument in Churchyard 20 Yards West South West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- burning-hinge-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 376 868
- Coordinates
- 51.56381, -0.01557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moyer Monument, located in the churchyard 20 yards west-southwest of the tower on Church Road in Leyton, commemorates the death of Benjamin Moyer in 1757. It is made of Portland stone and features an octagonal shape. The monument has a rusticated plinth with blank arches, which is adorned on two principal faces with skull keystones and segmental pediments. Above this, the upper stage includes a circular domed temple.
Local climate
Moyer Monument in Churchyard 20 Yards West South West of Tower 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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