Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Monument. 2 related planning applications.
Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra
- WRENN ID
- bitter-tallow-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1999
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra, Dyke Road, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 3JA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 307 044
- Coordinates
- 50.82522, -0.14453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Martha Gunn is located in the churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra, approximately 3 metres from the south-east corner of the church. Dating to circa 1815, it is constructed of stone and takes the form of a coffin-shaped headstone with a footstone. Martha Gunn was a Brighton “dipper,” a woman employed to plunge bathers into the sea between approximately 1750 and 1814. She was the most well-known of these women.
Local climate
Monument to Martha Gunn in Churchyard of St Nicholas of Myra receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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