Monument on Brampton Mote is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Monument.
Monument on Brampton Mote
- WRENN ID
- quiet-soffit-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NY 533 612
- Coordinates
- 54.94396, -2.72989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument on Brampton Mote is a tribute to the Earl of Carlisle, designed by J.H. Foley, RA, and dated 1870. It was cast by H Prince & Co, Founders, Southwark, and was erected through public subscription. The monument features a calciferous sandstone plinth with a stepped design and a squared shaft, topped by a full-size bronze statue of a figure dressed in the robes of a Knight of the Garter. The statue is inscribed to George William Frederick Howard, the 7th Earl of Carlisle, who was born on April 18, 1802, and died on December 5, 1864. The statue itself is dated 1869 and includes the sculptor's name and the founder's details, while the plinth is dated 1870.
Local climate
Monument on Brampton Mote 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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