Gilbey Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1973. A 19th century Memorial.
Gilbey Memorial
- WRENN ID
- peeling-lime-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1973
- Type
- Memorial
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Gilbey Memorial, High Street, Elsenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 536 263
- Coordinates
- 51.91439, 0.23261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gilbey Memorial, erected in 1896 by Sir Walter Gilbey of Elsenham Hall in memory of his wife, is located on High Street in Elsenham. This octagonal structure features a domed roof topped with a ball finial and is supported by columns that rest on a brick base approximately 3 feet high. The memorial served as the village pump until mains water was introduced to the area.
Local climate
Gilbey Memorial 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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