Monument to Edward Edwards Approximately 10 Metres South of Churchyard Cross St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. Monument.
Monument to Edward Edwards Approximately 10 Metres South of Churchyard Cross St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- old-hinge-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1993
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SZ 505 767
- Coordinates
- 50.58837, -1.28779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument to Edward Edwards, located approximately 10 meters south of the Churchyard Cross at St John the Baptist in Niton and Whitwell. The monument, which dates to around 1902, features a granite square plinth and an urn. The plinth is inscribed with the words "FINIS NON FINIS." Edward Edwards was a notable figure in literature and one of the founders of municipal public libraries, alongside William Ewart and Joseph Brotherton. The monument was erected by Thomas Greenwood.
Local climate
Monument to Edward Edwards Approximately 10 Metres South of Churchyard Cross St John the Baptist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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