Austen Memorial Approximately 7 Metres West of Northwest Corner of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Tomb.
Austen Memorial Approximately 7 Metres West of Northwest Corner of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- scattered-step-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North MP: Amanda Martin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 650 055
- Coordinates
- 50.84574, -1.07794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Austen Memorial is located approximately 7 meters west of the northwest corner of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Portsmouth. This memorial consists of two gravestones and tombs that are side by side, dating from around 1843 and 1849, and were refurbished in 1992. The memorial is made of ashlar stone and features surface moulded stone tombs along with a footstone.
On the left, the gravestone commemorates Cassandra Eliza, the second daughter of Admiral Sir Francis W Austen KCB and his wife Mary, who passed away on May 6, 1849, at the age of 35. The footstone bears the inscription "C.E.A. 1849." The gravestone on the right honors Martha, the wife of Vice Admiral Sir Francis Austen K.C.B. She is remembered as beloved, esteemed, and respected by all who knew her, having lived a life of Christian benevolence and practical piety. Martha died on January 24, 1843, at the age of 72, and her footstone reads "M.A. 1843." Admiral Sir Francis W Austen was the uncle of the famous novelist Jane Austen, who lived from 1775 to 1817.
Local climate
Austen Memorial Approximately 7 Metres West of Northwest Corner of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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