Monument to Reginald Brabacon, Twelth Earl of Meath is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Monument.
Monument to Reginald Brabacon, Twelth Earl of Meath
- WRENN ID
- gentle-gable-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Reginald Brabacon, Twelth Earl of Meath, Lancaster Gate W2, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 263 807
- Coordinates
- 51.51123, -0.17999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Reginald Brabacon, 12th Earl of Meath, is located in Lancaster Gate, Westminster and dates from around 1930. It is made of Portland stone and features steps leading up to a tall pedestal. The pedestal has an inset portrait relief and a domed top in the Soanesque style, which is topped by a statue of a nude seated boy. The monument includes an inscription dedicating it to Reginald Brabacon, who was a patriot and philanthropist, and notes his life span from 1841 to 1929.
Local climate
Monument to Reginald Brabacon, Twelth Earl of Meath 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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