Monument to Cardinal Newman is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Monument.
Monument to Cardinal Newman
- WRENN ID
- nether-flint-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Cardinal Newman, Brompton Road Sw3
- OS grid reference
- TQ 271 790
- Coordinates
- 51.49651, -0.17017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Cardinal Newman, who died in 1890, is located on Brompton Road. It is made of stone and features a three-stage design. The central stage is supported by Ionic columns at each corner and has a niche that holds a figure of Newman. Above this is an entablature adorned with a palmette frieze, which is topped by a statue of the Virgin and Child.
Local climate
Monument to Cardinal Newman sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Four Newman Monuments, in the Churchyard, About 10 Metres West of North West Corner of Church of St Mary
- 2 Newman Monument in Churchyard About 4 Metres North East of Goddard Monument, North of North East Chapel of Church of St Bartholomew
- 3 Newman Monument, in the Churchyard About 10 Metres West of Centre of West End of North Aisle, Church of St Mary
- 4 Newman Family Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Circa 5 Metres South of South Aisle
- 5 Newman Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 7 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of All Saints
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