Hms Racer Memorial, Kingston Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Hms Racer Memorial, Kingston Cemetery

WRENN ID
low-merlon-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1999
Type
Monument
Address
Hms Racer Memorial, Kingston Cemetery, St Marys Road, City of Portsmouth, PO1 5PE
OS grid reference
SU 657 008
Coordinates
50.80362, -1.06831
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

HMS Racer Memorial is a monument located in Kingston Cemetery, built around 1864. It is made of Portland stone and features a four-sided stone monolith that stands on a pedestal, which is set on a granite base. The inscription on the memorial reads: "Erected by the Captain, Officers and ship's Company of H.M.S. Racer to the memory of their shipmates who died by accident and of yellow fever during the Commission for 1858-1862."

Local climate

Hms Racer Memorial, Kingston Cemetery 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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