Charles Dibdin Memorial in St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground) is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Memorial.

Charles Dibdin Memorial in St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground)

WRENN ID
shadowed-casement-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Memorial
Address
Charles Dibdin Memorial in St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground), Camden Street
OS grid reference
TQ 291 838
Coordinates
51.53861, -0.13972
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Charles Dibdin Memorial, located in St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground), is a Grade II listed Celtic cross memorial erected in 1889 by the Kentish Town Musical Society in memory of Charles Dibdin, a composer who died in 1814. The memorial is made of stone and features a rectangular plinth with a bowed out pedestal that supports a Celtic cross. The shaft of the cross is adorned with a nimbus and is intricately carved with a lyre and anchor on a pile of rope, which unfolds into a Celtic pattern. Additionally, there is a central cherubim with arms that display rosettes and further decorative patterning, along with a beaded nimbus.

Local climate

Charles Dibdin Memorial in St Martin's Gardens (Recreation Ground) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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