Brooke Monuments to the North of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1991. Monument.
Brooke Monuments to the North of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- brooding-vestry-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1991
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 560 676
- Coordinates
- 50.49108, -4.03142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brooke monuments, located to the north of the Church of St Leonard, are dedicated to James Brooke, the First Rajah of Sarawak, who died in 1868, and his successor, Charles Brooke, who died in 1917. The memorials include a red Aberdeen granite chest tomb for James Brooke and an unusual carved cyclopic granite boulder for Charles Brooke. These monuments are enclosed by plain iron railings set on a granite plinth. After arriving in Sarawak in 1839, James Brooke took on the governance of the region, overseeing justice, trade expansion, agricultural improvements, and the suppression of piracy and head hunting. He was granted full sovereignty over Sarawak following a successful campaign against Sea Dyack pirates. In 1863, he returned to live in Burrator, Sheepscombe, and was succeeded by his nephew, Charles.
Local climate
Brooke Monuments to the North of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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