Mrs Watts-Russell Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. A Victorian Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Mrs Watts-Russell Memorial
- WRENN ID
- knotted-newel-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Mrs Watts-Russell Memorial, Ilam, Staffordshire Moorlands
- OS grid reference
- SK 135 508
- Coordinates
- 53.05471, -1.79954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mrs. Watts-Russell Memorial is a memorial built in 1840, with a restoration in the 20th century. It is designed in the style of the Eleanor Crosses and features a six-sided structure. The base is stepped up to the first stage, which consists of trefoil-headed panels flanked by nook shafts, topped with pointed crocketed hoods. The second stage has trefoil-headed niches that contain figures, also with crocketed pointed hoods above, surmounted by crocketed finials. The third stage features a 20th-century cross and cross shaft. This memorial was erected in memory of the first Mrs. Watts-Russell by her husband and is prominently located in the later model estate village created by George Gilbert Scott.
Local climate
Mrs Watts-Russell Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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