Ruskin Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1977. Monument.
Ruskin Monument
- WRENN ID
- odd-slate-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1977
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Ruskin Monument, Friars Crag, Keswick, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 263 222
- Coordinates
- 54.59031, -3.14092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ruskin Monument, dating from around 1900, is a vertical slab made of local slate. It features inscriptions on two faces and a relief bust in a roundel on the side that faces the lake. The monument is adorned with Art Nouveau lettering and includes quotations from Ruskin's works. John Ruskin passed away in 1900.
Local climate
Ruskin Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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, 36 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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