Monument to Admiral Napier is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to Admiral Napier
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cinder-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Admiral Napier, Victoria Park, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SU 638 004
- Coordinates
- 50.79975, -1.09481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Admiral Napier is a stone structure located in Victoria Park, Portsmouth, built in 1863. It features a sandstone column topped with a Romanesque capital and a finial, which is surmounted by a stone lion. The monument stands on a six-sided pedestal made of Portland stone, with three concave sides, resting on a tapering rusticated sandstone base. The lower base is constructed of uncoursed rubble set on a granite slab. This monument commemorates the death of Admiral Napier in 1860. An inscription on the monument states: "The monument was erected by the Petty Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Seamen and Marines of Her Majesty's Navy 1863 - to commemorate the untiring efforts of a gallant Officer and true hearted man (Charles Napier c1786 - d1860) in advancing the welfare of the British sailor." Originally, the monument was located at the junction of Commercial and Edinburgh Roads.
Local climate
Monument to Admiral Napier 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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