Birket Monument Approximately 2 Metres South St Martins 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.
Birket Monument Approximately 2 Metres South St Martins Church
- WRENN ID
- waiting-moat-equinox
- 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 434 183
- Coordinates
- 54.55759, -2.87594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birket Monument, located approximately 2 meters south of St Martin's Church, is a monument dated 1699. It is constructed from stone rubble with an ashlar top slab. The slab features a moulded edge and inscriptions that are difficult to read, commemorating Richard Birket, who was a benefactor of the church and served as its curate for 67 years.
Local climate
Birket Monument Approximately 2 Metres South St Martins 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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