Shaw Monument Approximately 20 Metres to South of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Monument.
Shaw Monument Approximately 20 Metres to South of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- sacred-finial-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 107 883
- Coordinates
- 54.28312, -3.37312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shaw Monument is located approximately 20 meters south of St Michael's Church and dates from 1780. It is made of ashlar stone and features a head with a broken segmental pediment, adorned with paterae and floral drops at the ends, as well as an urn. The sides also display paterae and floral drops. The inscription on the monument commemorates William Shaw, who died in 1780, his wife Hannah, who died in 1787, and their son William, who died in 1774.
Local climate
Shaw Monument Approximately 20 Metres to South of St Michael's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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