Watt's Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1969. Monument.
Watt's Monument
- WRENN ID
- last-paling-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1969
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Watt's Monument, Watts Park, City of Southampton
- OS grid reference
- SU 418 124
- Coordinates
- 50.90957, -1.40624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watt's Monument is a commemorative structure erected in 1861, designed by Richard Cockle Lucas. It honors Isaac Watts, the hymn writer who lived from 1674 to 1748. The monument features a tall grey marble plinth set on a stepped base. Atop the plinth is a life-sized statue of Watts, depicted with outstretched arms and dressed in 18th-century costume, made of white marble. The plinth includes four inset white marble tablets; three of these illustrate scenes from Watts' life, while the fourth bears an inscription.
Local climate
Watt's Monument receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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