Nicholas Hawksmoor Memorial About 20 Metres East of St Botolphs is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1979. Tomb.
Nicholas Hawksmoor Memorial About 20 Metres East of St Botolphs
- WRENN ID
- twisted-turret-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1979
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 018
- Coordinates
- 51.70305, -0.28867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nicholas Hawksmoor Memorial, located about 20 meters east of St. Botolph's Church, is a simple raised tomb slab dating from the mid-18th century. It features a brick base topped with a stone slab. The inscription, finely cut by Andrews Jelfe, reads: 'P.M.S.L./Hic Jacet NICHOLAUS HAWKSMOOR Arm+, Architectus/Obijt vicesismo quinto die .... Anno Domini 1736/Aetatis 75'. This memorial is included for its historic interest.
Local climate
Nicholas Hawksmoor Memorial About 20 Metres East of St Botolphs 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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