Commemorative Column at Tl 526 389, North East of Audley End House is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1951. A C18 Monument.
Commemorative Column at Tl 526 389, North East of Audley End House
- WRENN ID
- far-hall-autumn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1951
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Commemorative Column at Tl 526 389, North East of Audley End House, Audley Park, Saffron Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 526 389
- Coordinates
- 52.02791, 0.22396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The commemorative column, approximately 17 meters high, is located north-east of Audley End House and was erected in 1774 by Sir John Griffin Griffin. It is believed to have been designed by Robert Adam in 1763 for Capability Brown's newly landscaped park. The column is made of fine limestone in the Tuscan order and stands on a tall rectangular base made of oolitic limestone. At the top, it is surmounted by an egg-shaped, lidded urn with a gadrooned body. The north-east face of the base features a large marble plaque, which is now badly weathered, that records its erection in gratitude to Elizabeth, Countess of Portsmouth, by her heir and nephew.
Local climate
Commemorative Column at Tl 526 389, North East of Audley End House 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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