Memorial to Margaret Mcmillan at Rachel Mcmillan Nursery School is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1995. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Memorial to Margaret Mcmillan at Rachel Mcmillan Nursery School
- WRENN ID
- stranded-facade-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1995
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Margaret Mcmillan at Rachel Mcmillan Nursery School, Mcmillan Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 373 776
- Coordinates
- 51.48136, -0.02294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial to Margaret McMillan is located at the Rachel McMillan Nursery School and was erected between May and November 1932, designed by Herbert Baker with an unknown sculptor. The memorial is made of stone on a brick plinth and features a circular column inscribed with 'IN MEMORIAM MARGARET McMILLAN, PALM SUNDAY 1931, MISERIS SUCCURRERE DISCO', which translates to 'I learn to succour the poor', reflecting the McMillan family motto. The column has a roll moulding at the top and a decorated base carved with figures, animals, and plants in bas relief. An iron lantern sits atop the memorial. Margaret McMillan (1860-1931) was a pioneer in nursery education, advocating for health, fresh air, and imaginative play, concepts that were first implemented in a building on this site in 1914.
Local climate
Memorial to Margaret Mcmillan at Rachel Mcmillan Nursery School 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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