Pollard Monument Approximately 2 Metres North 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. Tomb.
Pollard Monument Approximately 2 Metres North of All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- peeling-cellar-flax
- 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 431 229
- Coordinates
- 54.59879, -2.88125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pollard Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 2 meters north of All Saints' Church in Matterdale, Watermillock. It dates from 1834 and is constructed of ashlar stone. The monument features square balusters at the corners and incised panels on the sides. The top slab has a moulded edge and includes an inscription that records the name Catherine Pollard.
Local climate
Pollard Monument Approximately 2 Metres North 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Pollard Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 24 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary
- 2 Pollard Family Tomb, Approximately 37 Metres to North North West of Sanctuary of Church of St Peter
- 3 Pollard Memorial Approximately 15 Metres East of Church of All Saints
- 4 Tombchest of William Pollard 7 Metres to South East of South Priests Door of Parish Church
- 5 Polhill Monument in North West Corner of the Churchyard, Church of St Mary
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