Head Monument 8 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Monument.
Head Monument 8 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tall-quoin-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 411 779
- Coordinates
- 51.49884, -1.40842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The head monument, located 8 metres north of the vestry of the Church of St. Andrew, was erected in 1860. It is made of stone and features a square stone pier with a moulded plinth base and a coved corniced top. At the top, there is an urn adorned with a wreath of flowers. The monument is inscribed to the Head family.
Local climate
Head Monument 8 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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