Ward Monument in churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Monument.
Ward Monument in churchyard of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Ward Monument in churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Chirk
- OS grid reference
- SJ 291 376
- Coordinates
- 52.9313, -3.05563
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Ward Monument, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed structure. It is an open chest made of painted sandstone, featuring wide cusped arches and hollow spandrels on each side. The monument is set on a base and has slight buttresses at the corners. Inside, there is a ridged hog-back tomb that is inscribed on the top with the names Thomas Edward Ward, who died in 1854, Edward Lloyd, Harriet, and John Ward Dicken, which is carved on the capstone. The entire monument is placed on a plinth and is surrounded by bold cast iron railings that are cross-laced and cusped at the top, complete with fleur terminals.
Local climate
Ward Monument in churchyard of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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