Hudson Monument Approximately 16 Metres South of All Saints Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Monument.
Hudson Monument Approximately 16 Metres South of All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-bonework-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NY 431 229
- Coordinates
- 54.59863, -2.88103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hudson Monument is a table tomb located approximately 16 meters south of All Saints' Church in Matterdale, Watermillock. It dates from 1746 and features a slab with a moulded edge supported by square balusters. The monument commemorates Christopher Hudson, who died in 1745, his son Joseph, who died in 1746, and his grandson William, who also died in 1746. The inscription on the tomb concludes with the poignant phrase: "FRAIL STATE OF MAN! FATHER/& ISSUE ALL EXTINCT IN A YEARS/TIME."
Local climate
Hudson Monument Approximately 16 Metres South of All Saints Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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