Monument to William Hunter 16 Metres North West of Newnum House is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1994. Monument.
Monument to William Hunter 16 Metres North West of Newnum House
- WRENN ID
- low-string-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brentwood
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1994
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 597 939
- Coordinates
- 51.62138, 0.30616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Hunter, located 16 meters north-west of Newnum House, is a Grade II listed structure erected in 1861. It commemorates William Hunter, who was burnt at the stake in 1555 at the age of 19, condemned by Bishop Bonner. The monument features a needle obelisk set on a square base with three progressively broader stages, all having upper chamfered edges. It is made of pink granite for the upper part and green granite for the lower stages, standing on a York stone platform. The monument was restored in 1910 after being defaced by fire. It is part of a group that includes Newnum House, Roden House, Mitre House, Old House, and The Hermitage.
Local climate
Monument to William Hunter 16 Metres North West of Newnum House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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