Mounsey Monument to East of Path Approximately 15 Metres to South of St Peters Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Headstone.
Mounsey Monument to East of Path Approximately 15 Metres to South of St Peters Church
- WRENN ID
- distant-foundation-sienna
- 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
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 518 238
- Coordinates
- 54.60739, -2.74758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mounsey Monument is a headstone located approximately 15 meters south of St Peter's Church. It was erected in 1777 and is made of ashlar stone. The monument features flat pilasters and an open segmental pediment. An octagonal copper plate on the monument records the names of John Mounsey, who died in 1777 at the age of 80, and his wife Frances, who passed away in 1771 at the age of 90.
Local climate
Mounsey Monument to East of Path Approximately 15 Metres to South of St Peters 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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