Hawkins Monument 5 Metres North of Parish Church of St Peter, North Aisle, in the Church Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Monument.
Hawkins Monument 5 Metres North of Parish Church of St Peter, North Aisle, in the Church Yard
- WRENN ID
- open-landing-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 602 858
- Coordinates
- 50.67096, -2.56373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hawkins Monument is a mid-19th century table-tomb located 5 metres north of the Parish Church of St Peter, in the churchyard. It is made of stone and features an incised Greek Key motif on plain pilasters, with chamfered bases and a moulded cornice. The monument commemorates Henry Hawkins of Waddon, who died on May 9th, 1865, at the age of 34, and Catherine Young, the wife of Henry Hawkins, who died on December 1st, 1905, at the age of 72.
Local climate
Hawkins Monument 5 Metres North of Parish Church of St Peter, North Aisle, in the Church Yard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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