Thompson Monument Approximately 7 Metres to South of St Patrick's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Tomb.
Thompson Monument Approximately 7 Metres to South of St Patrick's Church
- WRENN ID
- unlit-hearth-tide
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NY 521 180
- Coordinates
- 54.5552, -2.74126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thompson Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 7 meters south of St Patrick's Church in Bampton. It dates from 1760 and is constructed of ashlar stone. The sides of the tomb feature two incised ellipses set between narrow rectangular incised panels, while the ends display similar octagons between fluted panels. The plain top slab of the tomb records the names of Matthew Thompson, who died in 1760, his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1785, and their son Matthew, who died in 1807.
Local climate
Thompson Monument Approximately 7 Metres to South of St Patrick's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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