Monument to George Head Head to South West of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1994. Monument.
Monument to George Head Head to South West of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1994
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to George Head Head to South West of Church of St Michael, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- NY 401 569
- Coordinates
- 54.90401, -2.93455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located in Stanwix Churchyard, dating from 1876. It is made of calciferous sandstone ashlar and features a stepped plinth topped by a tomb with cusped openings on all sides. The inscription on the top commemorates George Head Head of Rickerby, a banker from Carlisle, who died on 12 December 1876 at the age of 81. It also mentions his first wife, Maria Woodrouffe Head, who died in 1854, and his second wife, Sarah Head, who passed away on 20 April 1876. The tomb is situated on the south ditch of the Roman Fort.
Local climate
Monument to George Head Head to South West of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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