Monument on Telegraph Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. Monument.
Monument on Telegraph Hill
- WRENN ID
- keen-oriel-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument on Telegraph Hill, Hermitage Road, Higham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 714 711
- Coordinates
- 51.41356, 0.46428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument on Telegraph Hill is a mid-19th century obelisk made of a rough pebble-dash mixture. It was originally faced with Roman cement, which has mostly peeled away except on the north side. The monument was erected in memory of Charles Larkin, a notable auctioneer from Rochester, by the "Friends of Freedom" in recognition of his passionate advocacy for civil and religious liberty, as well as his dedicated efforts in promoting the significant Parliamentary Reform of 1832.
Local climate
Monument on Telegraph Hill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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