Nelsons Monument is a Grade I listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1953. A 1817-19 Monument. 1 related planning application.
Nelsons Monument
- WRENN ID
- waning-bonework-thistle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1953
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- 1817-19
- Address
- Nelsons Monument, Monument Road
- OS grid reference
- TG 530 055
- Coordinates
- 52.58847, 1.73365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nelson's Monument, located on Monument Road in Great Yarmouth, was built between 1817 and 1819 by architect William Wilkins. It is the first monument in England dedicated to Admiral Lord Nelson, predating Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, which was completed between 1840 and 1843.
The monument features a fluted Greek Doric column that stands on a square pedestal, which is elevated on a raised plinth. The pedestal includes one recessed niche on each side and a frieze adorned with laurel wreaths. Each face of the cornice has a plaque inscribed with the names of naval engagements. An inscription acknowledges Wilkins as the architect, along with other key figures: John Walker, the master mason; Francis Braidwood, the contractor; and Archibald Swinton, the foreman.
The stone plinth has various recesses and projections. At the top of the column is a figure of Britannia made of fibreglass, standing on a disc supported by Caryatid figures. Originally, these figures were crafted from Coade stone, replaced with concrete in 1896, and finally restored in fibreglass during the restoration work from 1982 to 1984.
Local climate
Nelsons Monument receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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