The Cosway Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1957. Monument.
The Cosway Monument
- WRENN ID
- frozen-casement-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1957
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Cosway Monument, Newchurch Road, Bilsington
- OS grid reference
- TR 039 342
- Coordinates
- 51.07165, 0.90951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cosway Monument is a Grade II listed obelisk located on the west side of Newchurch Road in Bilsington. It was erected in 1835 by George Cooper and is made of ashlar stone. This tall, simple obelisk stands on a pedestal, and the north side features a tablet that reads: "As a tribute of respect to the memory of Sir William Richard Cosway. Kt. this monument was erected by his friends and the reformers of East Kent in the year 1835. G. Cooper fecit Canterbury." Sir William Richard Cosway was killed in a coaching accident at this site. At the time of the survey, the obelisk had been damaged by lightning, and the upper sections were weathered.
Local climate
The Cosway Monument sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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