Monument to the 7th Earl of Abingdon is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 2025. Monument.
Monument to the 7th Earl of Abingdon
- WRENN ID
- salt-bronze-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 2025
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to the 7th Earl of Abingdon, Churchyard of the Church of Our Lady and St Edmund, 1 Radley Road, Oxfordshire, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3PL
- OS grid reference
- SU 500 975
- Coordinates
- 51.6749, -1.2776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the 7th Earl of Abingdon, who lived from 1836 to 1928, is a gravemarker and funerary monument designed and carved by Eric Gill. It is made of Portland stone.
The grave plot is rectangular and is defined by a headstone, footstone, and a raised curb with a flat top and raised square sections at each corner. Both the headstone and footstone feature a segmental, arched top with small scrolls at each end. The south face of the headstone is intricately carved in high relief, depicting Christ on the cross. The tomb chest has a flat top and faceted sides, with inscriptions in Gill Perpetua lettering. The west face honors the 7th Earl of Abingdon (1836-1928), while the east face commemorates Gwendoline, Countess of Abingdon (1865-1940).
Local climate
Monument to the 7th Earl of Abingdon 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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