Pickering Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 April 1998. Monument.
Pickering Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Pickering Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio, Llantysilio, Llangollen
- OS grid reference
- SJ 194 435
- Coordinates
- 52.98348, -3.2017
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Pickering Monument, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Tysilio, is a Grade II listed structure built of sandstone. It features a square pillar that stands on a two-stage moulded sandstone base and is topped with a moulded capstone that has a gabled design on each face. The monument is enclosed by a stone curb. The inscription on the front honors Exuperious Pickering Snr, an engineer from Ruabon who died in 1835. He composed his own epitaph, which reads: "Here in peaceful solace rest the remains of a man who never rose from his pillow in enmity to any human being, who he was it is needless to name, for if the kind recollections of his friends embalm not his memory, a tomb to record his name were vain indeed." His name is also inscribed on the side for clarity.
Local climate
Pickering Monument in churchyard of Church of St Tysilio receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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