Clarkson Memorial Approximately 10 Metres from South-East Corner of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Tombstone.
Clarkson Memorial Approximately 10 Metres from South-East Corner of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SE 046 984
- Coordinates
- 54.38114, -1.93013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clarkson Memorial is located approximately 10 metres from the south-east corner of the Church of St Andrew in Grinton. This vertical slab tombstone dates from the late 18th century and is made of pink sandstone. It stands about 1 metre high and 500 millimetres wide. The top features a half-relief carving of a crowned head flanked by winged putti, with cross-bones depicted below. The memorial commemorates Richard Clarkson, although the year of his death is indecipherable.
Local climate
Clarkson Memorial Approximately 10 Metres from South-East Corner of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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