Monument to Harold Greenwood Henderson Approximately 20 Metres South of St Mary's Church Buscot is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1972. Memorial.
Monument to Harold Greenwood Henderson Approximately 20 Metres South of St Mary's Church Buscot
- WRENN ID
- narrow-storey-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1972
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 226 981
- Coordinates
- 51.6814, -1.674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Harold Greenwood Henderson is located approximately 20 metres south of St Mary's Church in Buscot. It was designed in 1923 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The memorial features a sarcophagus made of Portland stone, which is set on a coved stone plinth. Heraldic arms are displayed on each end of the sarcophagus. The monument is situated near a boundary wall and is enclosed by a privet hedge, with round stone plaques placed in the ground at either end. This structure was formerly listed as the "Tomb of Hon. H. Henderson (St Mary's Churchyard)."
Local climate
Monument to Harold Greenwood Henderson Approximately 20 Metres South of St Mary's Church Buscot 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 lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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