The Monument is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. A 1671-77 Monument.
The Monument
- WRENN ID
- keen-lead-stoat
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1950
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Monument, Monument Street Ec3, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 329 807
- Coordinates
- 51.51014, -0.08595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument is a Grade I listed structure located on Monument Street, built between 1671 and 1677 by Sir Christopher Wren. It was erected to commemorate the Great Fire of 1666, which started nearby. The monument features a colossal Doric column made of Portland stone, standing on a high base adorned with carved reliefs. The capital of the column supports a gallery, which is enclosed by a plain iron railing and a later cage, accessible via a spiral staircase that wraps around an open well. At the top, there is a crowning finial made of gilt copper, resting on a stone drum. The Monument is also scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
The Monument 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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