Gale Monument Approximately 23.5 Metres South of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Monument.
Gale Monument Approximately 23.5 Metres South of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-cobble-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SD 268 741
- Coordinates
- 54.15797, -3.12209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gale Monument, located approximately 23.5 metres south of St Mary's Church, is an early 19th-century structure made of ashlar stone. It is set within a square enclosure that features a low wall, although the railings and gate are missing. The monument consists of a square plinth supporting a square sarcophagus topped with an urn finial. Oval panels on the monument commemorate members of the Gale family, with dates of death ranging from 1816 to 1903.
Local climate
Gale Monument Approximately 23.5 Metres South of St Mary's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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