Richard Henry Reeve Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 2019. Memorial.
Richard Henry Reeve Memorial
- WRENN ID
- solemn-eave-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Richard Henry Reeve Memorial, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HY
- OS grid reference
- TM 542 913
- Coordinates
- 52.46047, 1.74113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richard Henry Reeve Memorial, erected in 1890, is located in Kensington Gardens on the east side of the boating lake. The memorial features a granite base, a plinth and column made of Portland stone, and a bronze lion.
The design includes an Ionic column with a square plinth. Inscribed around the base of the plinth on four brass tablets are the words: "IN MEMORY OF/ RICHARD HENRY REEVE/ LORD OF THE/ MANOR OF LOWESTOFT/ WHO DIED OCTOBER/ 1888 THIS FOUNTAIN/ IS ERECTED BY/ MARY ETHELIND FRANEY." The lower third of the fluted column is topped with an Ionic capital. Above this is a small square section of entablature featuring a dentilled cornice, upon which sits a bronze winged lion sejant on a boat. The column is supported by a moulded cruciform plinth, which rests on a two-stepped concrete base.
Local climate
Richard Henry Reeve Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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