Monument to A Wyllie in South West Corner of St George's Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1998. Monument.

Monument to A Wyllie in South West Corner of St George's Gardens

WRENN ID
seventh-pediment-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1998
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to A Wyllie in South West Corner of St George's Gardens, Cannon Street Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 347 807
Coordinates
51.50991, -0.05946
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Alexander Wyllie, dated 1741, is located in the south-west corner of St George's Gardens. It is made of buff-coloured sandstone. The headstone features an engraved inscription, with a bas relief showing a skull on the left and crossed bones on the right. Above this imagery is a ribband inscribed with the words 'memento mori'. The monument is likely of northern manufacture, transported to London by sea.

Local climate

Monument to A Wyllie in South West Corner of St George's Gardens 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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