Fletcher Memorial Approximately 25 Metres South of Priory Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. Chest tomb.
Fletcher Memorial Approximately 25 Metres South of Priory Church
- WRENN ID
- quartered-minaret-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SD 379 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20089, -2.95205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fletcher Memorial, located approximately 25 metres south of Priory Church in Lower Allithwaite, is a chest tomb dating from 1752. It is constructed of ashlar and features incised rectangles on the sides and ovals on the ends. The memorial commemorates Elizabeth Fletcher and her infant daughter. An inscription notes that it was restored by Henry Fletcher Rigg in 1875.
Local climate
Fletcher Memorial Approximately 25 Metres South of Priory Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- 1 Fletcher Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North of Centre of Nave Wall of Church of St Mary
- 2 Fletcher Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7m South of Chancel to Church of St John
- 3 William Fletcher Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Peter Circa 4 Metres East of the Churchyard Cross
- 4 Group of Two Fletcher Memorials Approximately 5 Metres South-West of West Tower of Church of St Giles
- 5 Table Tomb of Mary Fletcher in St Peters Churchyard 12 Metres South of South West Corner of Church
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