Wordsworth Group of Graves in Churchyard of Church of St Oswald is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Monument/graveyard.
Wordsworth Group of Graves in Churchyard of Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- muted-tin-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Monument/graveyard
- Address
- Wordsworth Group of Graves in Churchyard of Church of St Oswald, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 337 073
- Coordinates
- 54.45762, -3.02316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wordsworth group of graves is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Oswald in Grasmere. This group consists of 12 graves belonging to members of the Wordsworth family and the Quillinan family. The graves feature headstones and are surrounded by iron railings, situated at the south-east corner of the churchyard. For further details, refer to the general group description under Grasmere.
Local climate
Wordsworth Group of Graves in Churchyard of Church of St Oswald sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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