Bowman Monument on East Side of Path Approx 28 Metres to South of St Peter'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. Monument.
Bowman Monument on East Side of Path Approx 28 Metres to South of St Peter's Church
- WRENN ID
- second-steel-evening
- 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 518 238
- Coordinates
- 54.60731, -2.74756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bowman Monument is a headstone located on the east side of the path, approximately 28 meters south of St Peter's Church. It dates from 1799 and is made of ashlar with copper plates. The monument features angle pilasters and a swan-necked open pediment. The rectangular plate commemorates Thomas Bowman, who died in 1799, along with his wife, Margaret, who died in 1773, and their daughter, Mary, who died in 1780, concluding with a verse. Additionally, there is an escutcheon-shaped plate below that records other members of the Bowman family, with dates of death ranging from 1829 to 1871.
Local climate
Bowman Monument on East Side of Path Approx 28 Metres to South of St Peter'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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