Monument in Garden of Howard's House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Monument.
Monument in Garden of Howard's House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-gargoyle-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument in Garden of Howard's House, Church Lane, Cardington
- OS grid reference
- TL 086 480
- Coordinates
- 52.11984, -0.4138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument in the garden of Howard's House is a garden monument erected in 1812 by Samuel Whitbread. It commemorates the laying out of the gardens in 1762 by John Howard and his gardener Joshua Crockford. The monument features a stone vase on a pedestal, which has a rather worn inscription on the south side.
The inscription reads:
"This Garden was formed, the Root House built, and the Trees which overshadow & adorn them were planted in the Year 1762 by John Howard the Philanthropist who lived for many years in this Retirement before his virtuous Energies were called into Action; and he quitted it to become the Benefactor of Mankind.
To this spot he eagerly returned to pass the intervals between those labours which ended in his death & thus insured to him a guileless and imperishable fame.
Joshua Crockford, whose hands put the Seedlings in the Earth under his Master's Eye, has spent the intervening years in constantly watching and assisting their growth; Exhibiting in this, his narrow circle, a model of Sobriety, Industry & (Neatness?). He still lives, in his 80th Year, faithful to his duties, and strong (to?) fulfill them, contented in his station, pleased with his charge, and full of the remembrance of his beloved Master.
S.W. August 10th 1812"
Local climate
Monument in Garden of Howard's House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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