Joseph Booth Memorial and railings approximately 4 metres south of the chancel of Church of St. Luke is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1985. A C19 Memorial.
Joseph Booth Memorial and railings approximately 4 metres south of the chancel of Church of St. Luke
- WRENN ID
- other-grate-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SK 048 551
- Coordinates
- 53.09363, -1.92873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Joseph Booth Memorial and its railings are located approximately 4 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Luke. This memorial, a chest tomb, commemorates Joseph Booth, who died in 1830. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features side panels adorned with fluted corner fans and a central oval fleuron. The memorial is supported by fluted corner pilasters that have console brackets, and it has a moulded base and cornice. Surrounding the tomb are cast iron railings that include spear points, with urn-capped standards at each corner and in the centre of each side.
Local climate
Joseph Booth Memorial and railings approximately 4 metres south of the chancel of Church of St. Luke receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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