The Eliza Adams Lifeboat Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2017. Memorial.
The Eliza Adams Lifeboat Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-lintel-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 2017
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- The Eliza Adams Lifeboat Memorial, Beach Road, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1AT
- OS grid reference
- TF 915 438
- Coordinates
- 52.95814, 0.85032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eliza Adams Lifeboat Memorial is a Grade II listed memorial dedicated to the crew of the Eliza Adams lifeboat, unveiled in 1906. It is made of ashlared stone and is located at the south end of Beach Road on the west side.
The memorial features a broken column adorned with a carved chain, anchor, and lifebuoy. This column stands on a hexagonal plinth, which is supported by a two-stepped chamfered base. The side of the upper step facing the harbour is inscribed with the words: "IN MEMORY OF ELEVEN OF/ THE CREW OF THE LIFEBOAT/ ‘ELIZA ADAMS’/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON DUTY/ IN THE DISASTER AT WELLS/ OCTOBER 29TH 1880." Each face of the plinth includes a shouldered arch panel with raised lettering listing the names of the crew members: Robert William Elsdon (Coxswain), John Elsdon, Samuel Smith, Charles Smith, Frank Abel, Charles Hinds, William Green, John Stacey, William Wordingham, George Jay, and William Fich, along with the survivors Thomas Kew and William Bell.
The monument is set on a hexagonal base faced in modern red brick, with concrete blocks at each corner that support the main twisted verticals of iron railings. The other plain square section verticals feature arrow-head finials stamped with an anchor.
Local climate
The Eliza Adams Lifeboat Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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