Parker Family Vault South East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. A N/A Vault.
Parker Family Vault South East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cobalt-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Vault
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- Parker Family Vault South East of Church of St Mary, Hesket
- OS grid reference
- NY 476 444
- Coordinates
- 54.79214, -2.81587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parker family vault, located southeast of the Church of St Mary, was built in 1828 for the Parkers of Petteril Green. It is constructed from calciferous sandstone ashlar and features a square shape with angle buttresses, a moulded plinth, and parapet stones adorned with carved leaves and quatrefoils. The vault has a panelled cast iron door set within a pointed Gothic arch and a pointed-arched side window with a scrolled grille. The opposite side includes a cross loop opening. The sloping slab roof, which is supported by corbels, is partly missing, and some parapet stones have fallen. Above the door, there is a raised panel that currently has no inscription. A brass plate that once recorded the deaths of Margaret Parker in 1828, her husband Christopher Parker in 1838, and various children is now missing.
Local climate
Parker Family Vault South East of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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