Monument to the New River on Smaller Island Below the Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to the New River on Smaller Island Below the Church
- WRENN ID
- calm-alcove-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to the New River on Smaller Island Below the Church, St Johns Lane, Great Amwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 371 125
- Coordinates
- 51.79508, -0.01264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the New River, located on a smaller island below the church in Great Amwell, was constructed in 1818. It features a square stone pedestal set on a chamfered base, topped with a ball finial. The upstream face of the monument is inscribed with a poem attributed to Archdeacon Nares, which reflects on the importance of the river and the gratitude owed to its source. This neo-classical monument is part of a group situated in a beautifully landscaped setting.
Local climate
Monument to the New River on Smaller Island Below the Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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