Monument to Spencer Perceval is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1961. Monument.
Monument to Spencer Perceval
- WRENN ID
- under-pinnacle-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1961
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Spencer Perceval, Perlethorpe Cum Budby
- OS grid reference
- SK 639 707
- Coordinates
- 53.22953, -1.04315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Spencer Perceval is a Grade II listed structure located in Thoresby Park, dating from 1812. It features a sarcophagus set on a rectangular base made of ashlar stone. The base has an inscribed plinth and a moulded cornice. The plinth bears the inscription: "And you, great Spencer, with your latest breath, Did'st feel your ruling passion strong in Death. Such in those moments as in all the past Oh save my country Heaven was your last." The base also includes the inscription: "In memory of The Right Honourable excellent and most Amiable Spencer Perceval, Basely and Barbarously murdered in the Exercise of his Duty May 11th 1812." The sarcophagus itself has scalloped rounded ends, scrolled reeded cradles, and a hipped lid. Spencer Perceval served as Prime Minister from 1809 to 1812 and was assassinated in the House of Commons.
Local climate
Monument to Spencer Perceval sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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