Taylor Monument Approximately 29.5 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. Gravestone.
Taylor Monument Approximately 29.5 Metres South of Priory Church
- WRENN ID
- seventh-finial-twilight
- 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
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- SD 379 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20093, -2.95241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Taylor Monument, located approximately 29.5 metres south of the Priory Church in Lower Allithwaite, is a Grade II listed gravestone dating from 1786. It is made of ashlar and features a vertical slab with a curved top. The monument commemorates Reverend William Taylor, who was a fellow of Emmanuel College and the master of Hawkshead School, where his most notable pupil was the poet William Wordsworth. The inscription on the monument concludes with a verse.
Local climate
Taylor Monument Approximately 29.5 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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