Waterloo memorial at Romsey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2012. Monument.

Waterloo memorial at Romsey Abbey

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 July 2012
Type
Monument
Address
Waterloo memorial at Romsey Abbey, Abbey Churchyard, Hampshire
OS grid reference
SU 351 212
Coordinates
50.98929, -1.50122
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Waterloo memorial is located in the churchyard of Romsey Abbey, to the south of the Abbey church. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a square base with three battered stages, each separated by flat abaci. The top stage is topped with an urn or vase that has lobed ornament and grotesque heads. The lowest stage includes an inset marble plaque that reads: 'THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED / BY A YOUNG ARCHITECT / OF THIS TOWN / IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE VICTORIOUS BATTLE OF / WATERLOO / IN WHICH BRITISH VALOUR / WAS TRIUMPHANT / AND SECURED / TO THE CONTENDING POWERS / OF EUROPE / TRANQUILLITY AND PEACE / JUNE 18TH 1815'.

Local climate

Waterloo memorial at Romsey Abbey receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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