Lester Pedestal Memorial About 19m South West of Tower of the Church of St. Ida is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1987. Monument.
Lester Pedestal Memorial About 19m South West of Tower of the Church of St. Ida
- WRENN ID
- plain-marble-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Lester Pedestal Memorial About 19m South West of Tower of the Church of St. Ida, the Green, Ide
- OS grid reference
- SX 897 903
- Coordinates
- 50.70207, -3.56257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lester pedestal memorial, located about 19 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St. Ida, is a monument from the late 19th century. It is made of white marble and features a tall pedestal with a base, a moulded plinth, and an oversailing moulded slab on top. This memorial commemorates Alfred Lester, who died in 1860.
Local climate
Lester Pedestal Memorial About 19m South West of Tower of the Church of St. Ida 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Coplestone Headstone About 1.5m North East of the Chancel of the Church of St. Ida
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