Tennyson's Beacon is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. Commemorative cross.
Tennyson's Beacon
- WRENN ID
- calm-cobalt-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1967
- Type
- Commemorative cross
- Address
- Tennyson's Beacon, Totland
- OS grid reference
- SZ 324 853
- Coordinates
- 50.66668, -1.54163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tennyson's Beacon is a commemorative cross located in Totland, erected in the early 20th century. It is a massive granite Celtic cross featuring incised decoration, a moulded plinth, and an iron railed enclosure. This cross was established in memory of Alfred Lord Tennyson at the highest point of one of his regular walks from his home, Farringford, where he lived from 1853 until his death in 1892. The inscription on one side reads: "In memory of Alfred Lord Tennyson this Cross is raised as a beacon to sailors by the people of Freshwater and other friends in England and America." The opposite side bears the inscription: "Tennyson. Born August 6 1809. Died October 6 1892."
Local climate
Tennyson's Beacon receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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