Capon Tree Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Monument.
Capon Tree Monument
- WRENN ID
- night-hearth-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Capon Tree Monument, Capon Tree Road, Brampton
- OS grid reference
- NY 525 598
- Coordinates
- 54.9307, -2.74164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Capon Tree Monument is a memorial dated 1904, created by Laing and Beattie of Carlisle and funded by public subscription. It is made of carved red sandstone and features octagonal steps leading up to a tapering column, which is topped by a circular head with a carved Celtic cross. The monument is inscribed with the words: "THIS STONE IS PLACED TO MARK THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT CAPON TREE UNDER WHOSE SHADE THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE RESTED AND UPON WHOSE BRANCHES WERE EXECUTED (in 1746) FOR ADHERENCE TO THE CAUSE OF THE ROYAL LINE OF STUART, COLONEL JAMES INNES, CAPTAIN PATRICK LINDESAY, RONALD MACDONALD, THOMAS PARK, PETER TAYLOR, MICHAEL DELAW." This inscription references the historical events surrounding the tree, as noted in G.G. Mounsey's work, "Carlisle in 1745."
Local climate
Capon Tree Monument sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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