Monument to Edward Onslow Ford,Including Pair of Lamp Standards is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1970. A C20 Monument.
Monument to Edward Onslow Ford,Including Pair of Lamp Standards
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1970
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Edward Onslow Ford,Including Pair of Lamp Standards, Abbey Road Nw8, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 265 830
- Coordinates
- 51.5319, -0.17708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Edward Onslow Ford, dating from around 1901, is made of Portland stone and bronze. It features a stone obelisk that projects forward at the south face to support a bronze figure of a seated female draped in fabric, holding a harp. On the north face, there is an inset portrait roundel of Edward Onslow Ford, who lived from 1852 to 1901. The top of the obelisk is adorned with Ionic volutes at the corners. The monument is set on low steps that also hold a pair of bronze lamp standards, which have gadrooned bases and globular glass lanterns.
Local climate
Monument to Edward Onslow Ford,Including Pair of Lamp Standards 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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