Memorial to Samuel Morley at South West Entrance to Arboretum is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Memorial.
Memorial to Samuel Morley at South West Entrance to Arboretum
- WRENN ID
- grey-lantern-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1972
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Samuel Morley at South West Entrance to Arboretum, Waverley Street, City of Nottingham
- OS grid reference
- SK 567 405
- Coordinates
- 52.9597, -1.15724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to Samuel Morley is located at the south-west entrance to the Arboretum and was constructed in 1920 by J Else. It is made of ashlar and features a bronze bust of Morley on a tapered square pedestal, which is positioned in front of a larger pedestal that has a stepped top. Surrounding the bust are curved screen walls with stone seats, which end in square pedestals. Samuel Morley (1809-1886) was a notable Member of Parliament and philanthropist, and his family were significant hosiery manufacturers in Nottingham.
Local climate
Memorial to Samuel Morley at South West Entrance to Arboretum sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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