Cecil Rhodes memorial plaque is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 2022. Plaque.
Cecil Rhodes memorial plaque
- WRENN ID
- rooted-plaster-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 2022
- Type
- Plaque
- Address
- Cecil Rhodes memorial plaque, 6 King Edward Street, OX1 4JL
- OS grid reference
- SP 515 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75186, -1.25474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cecil Rhodes memorial plaque is located on the street frontage of 6 King Edward Street, which is part of a late 19th-century terrace. The plaque is approximately 2 meters high and is positioned between two first-floor sash windows. Made of cast bronze, it features a relief bust of Rhodes set within a shallow arched niche, topped by the Oriel College crest depicting three lions passant. Below the bust, a square-framed inscription reads: "IN THIS HOUSE THE RIGHT / HON. CECIL JOHN RHODES / KEPT ACADEMICAL RESIDENCE / IN THE YEAR 1881 / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECT- / ED BY ALFRED MOSELY / IN RECOGNITION OF THE / GREAT SERVICES RENDERED / BY CECIL RHODES TO / HIS COUNTRY." At the bottom of the plaque, there is a laurel wreath cast in relief.
Local climate
Cecil Rhodes memorial plaque sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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