Hasell Sparkes Monument Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Chest tomb.
Hasell Sparkes Monument Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- open-hinge-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North MP: Amanda Martin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1999
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 650 055
- Coordinates
- 50.84581, -1.07749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hasell-Sparkes monument is a chest tomb located approximately 3 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Wymering, Portsmouth. It dates from around 1824 and is constructed of ashlar. The tomb features recessed fluted pilasters at each corner with sloping shafts, moulded caps, and bases set on a plinth. The lid has a quadruple bead moulded edge and a weathered top slab.
On the long north face, there is a raised oval panel with an inscription that reads, "Sacred to the memory of Mrs Mary Hasell, died 2nd May 1824 aged 81 years," although the remainder of the inscription is illegible. The opposite side commemorates the Sparkes family, mentioning William Sparkes and Elizabeth Rachel Sparkes, aged 70, but the rest of the inscription is also illegible. The monument once had an iron railed enclosure, and there are random broken stones at the plinth along with some ivy and vegetation growth.
Local climate
Hasell Sparkes Monument Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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