Monument to William and Mary Russel Approximately 5 Metes North of North Chapel at Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Monument.
Monument to William and Mary Russel Approximately 5 Metes North of North Chapel at Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- unlit-gateway-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1994
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SZ 457 830
- Coordinates
- 50.645, -1.35448
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a double headstone commemorating William and Mary Russel, dating from around 1748 and 1753. It is located approximately 5 meters north of the north chapel at the Church of St Peter in Shorwell. The headstone features curved tops, with the left side displaying a wreathed skull and the right side a cherub's head, along with a flaming heart positioned between them. The sides of the headstone are adorned with ovolo moulding.
Local climate
Monument to William and Mary Russel Approximately 5 Metes North of North Chapel at Church of St Peter receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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