Quebec Monument is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. Monument.

Quebec Monument

WRENN ID
secret-bonework-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1967
Type
Monument
Address
Quebec Monument, Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
OS grid reference
SE 280 686
Coordinates
54.11269, -1.57259
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Quebec Monument is a pillar built around 1730 and reconstructed around 1970, originally commissioned by John Aislabie. It is made of ashlar and stands approximately 2.5 metres high. The monument features a moulded plinth, a shaft with two courses of frosted rustication, and a moulded cornice, topped with a banded ball and cushion finial. The pillar is located in an area that has frequently flooded since its original construction until improvements were made between 1966 and 1974. It had sunk over time, and traces of associated earthworks were lost, with the current pool and waterfall being recent additions. A 1962 description noted a 18th-century stone podium on a petrified waterfall supporting a large rusticated ball finial. The monument's connection to the Battle of Quebec in 1759 is unclear. It is also designated as a scheduled ancient monument.

Local climate

Quebec Monument receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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