Memorial to Captain James Hanson and the Crew of Hms Brazen is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1976. Memorial.
Memorial to Captain James Hanson and the Crew of Hms Brazen
- WRENN ID
- long-roof-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1976
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Captain James Hanson and the Crew of Hms Brazen, Church Hill, Newhaven
- OS grid reference
- TQ 442 011
- Coordinates
- 50.7921, 0.04546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to Captain James Hanson and the crew of HMS Brazen is an obelisk monument located on Church Hill in Newhaven, dated 1800. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features slate panels along with cast-iron railings. The memorial stands about 2 meters high and is designed with seaweed and shells above the slate panels, which are inscribed with details of the wreck of HMS Brazen. The ship foundered off the cliffs of Newhaven on the night of January 20th, 1800, resulting in the loss of all lives except one. The bodies of Captain Hanson and 75 of the 104 men lost are interred in the nearby graveyard. Captain Hanson had previously served under Captain Vancouver during his notable voyage from 1791 to 1794, which included circumnavigating the globe and charting parts of North America. Many of the place names established during that voyage remain, although Hanson Point has since been destroyed.
Local climate
Memorial to Captain James Hanson and the Crew of Hms Brazen receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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