Lord Bristol's Monument is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Monument.
Lord Bristol's Monument
- WRENN ID
- winding-hearth-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Lord Bristol's Monument, Ickworth Park, Chevington
- OS grid reference
- TL 805 598
- Coordinates
- 52.2077, 0.64148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lord Bristol's Monument is an obelisk built to honor Frederick, the 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, who died in 1804. This impressive structure is made of limestone and features a needle-like shape atop a square pedestal base, reaching a total height of approximately 50 feet. One side of the plinth has a dedication in bronze lettering, while the opposite side displays another inscription in Latin.
Local climate
Lord Bristol's Monument 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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