Hampden Monument is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Monument.
Hampden Monument
- WRENN ID
- hollow-floor-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Hampden Monument, Old Watlington Road, Chalgrove
- OS grid reference
- SU 645 971
- Coordinates
- 51.66969, -1.06746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hampden Monument is a commemorative structure erected in 1843 to honor John Hampden. It is made of limestone and features an obelisk set on a square base. The base includes a roundel with a relief profile of Hampden, as well as panels listing the donors who contributed to the monument. John Hampden was killed at the battle of Chalgrove Field in 1643.
Local climate
Hampden Monument 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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