Captain Cook Monument is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1966. Monument.

Captain Cook Monument

WRENN ID
hollow-shingle-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1966
Type
Monument
Address
Captain Cook Monument, Easby, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 590 101
Coordinates
54.48302, -1.09082
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Captain Cook Monument is a column monument located in Easby Moor, dated 1827 according to a plaque on its west face, and restored in 1895. It is constructed from rock-faced rusticated sandstone and features a polished granite plaque. The monument stands approximately 50 feet high and has a battered column with a coved string at around 10 feet and a pyramidal stone block cap. The plaque commemorates its erection by Robert Campion Esq of Whitby and includes an inscription praising Captain James Cook, who lived from 1728 to 1779.

Local climate

Captain Cook Monument receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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