Duke of Bedford's Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 2006. Memorial.
Duke of Bedford's Memorial
- WRENN ID
- broken-clay-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 2006
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Duke of Bedford's Memorial, Ampthill Park
- OS grid reference
- TL 025 383
- Coordinates
- 52.03411, -0.50608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Duke of Bedford's Memorial is a commemorative structure located in Ampthill Park, commissioned by the 11th Duke of Bedford and designed by Cecil Greenwood Hare. It was erected after World War I to honor the establishment of the Ampthill Park training camp by the Duke in 1914 and to remember those who were trained there and later died in the Great War.
The memorial is made of stone and features metal plaques. It has an octagonal base with projections at each corner, a stepped octagonal plinth, and an octagonal column set on a chamfered pedestal topped with a cross. The capital of the column and the rounded ends of the arms of the cross are adorned with carved decorative details. On the south face of the pedestal, there is a coat of arms depicting three lions passant. Additionally, a metal sword is positioned at the center of the cross on the south side.
Local climate
Duke of Bedford's Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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