Memorial to Mr Purse Approximately 2 Metres to South East of Chancel of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1987. Tombstone.
Memorial to Mr Purse Approximately 2 Metres to South East of Chancel of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- rough-pinnacle-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1987
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SE 163 655
- Coordinates
- 54.08526, -1.75175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombstone located approximately 2 metres southeast of the chancel of St Mary's Church in Pateley Bridge. It dates from 1714 and is made of stone. The tombstone features an octagonal shaft resting on an octagonal plinth, with a squared band at the top. The lettering on the shaft, which reads "Mr Purse 1714," is well-crafted but has become worn over time.
Local climate
Memorial to Mr Purse Approximately 2 Metres to South East of Chancel of St Mary's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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