The Nelson Pyramid is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1961. Memorial.
The Nelson Pyramid
- WRENN ID
- knotted-zinc-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1961
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The Nelson Pyramid, Perlethorpe Cum Budby
- OS grid reference
- SK 625 700
- Coordinates
- 53.22397, -1.06429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nelson Pyramid is a memorial pyramid built around 1800. It is constructed of ashlar and timber, with Westmorland slate cladding. The structure has a square plan and features a portico on the north side, supported by Etruscan columns with square capitals. The frieze above the portico is inscribed with the words 'Palman Qui Mervit Ferat'. Inside the portico, the walls are inscribed on the left with the names of ships and captains who participated in the Battle of the Nile in August 1798, and on the right, there is an incomplete verse. The interior of the pyramid contains a round saucer domed chamber, which includes a fitted timber bench and panelled doors. This memorial is part of a group dedicated to the Battle of the Nile and was erected by the owner of the Thoresby Estate, who was a naval officer.
Local climate
The Nelson Pyramid 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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