Jekyll Memorial Approximately 5 Metres South East of South East Corner of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1991. Memorial.
Jekyll Memorial Approximately 5 Metres South East of South East Corner of Church of St John the Baptist
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1991
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 978 428
- Coordinates
- 51.17696, -0.60136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jekyll Memorial, built around 1932, is located approximately 5 metres southeast of the southeast corner of the Church of St John the Baptist in Busbridge. Designed by Edwin Lutyens for Herbert and Gertrude Jekyll, the memorial is constructed from ashlar and features a square enclosure with a low plinth wall.
From the front plinth rise three plain, shouldered slabs with projecting bases. The slabs commemorate Gertrude Jekyll, who died in 1932 (on the left), Sir Herbert Jekyll, who also died in 1932 (on the right), and Agnes, the wife of Sir Herbert, who passed away in 1860. The rear and part of the side walls have panels that each feature two pulvinated rails. The top rail is inscribed with the following text: "In remembrance of Herbert and Gertrude Jekyll long time dwellers in their homes in Munstead who passed to their rest in the Autumn of 1932. Their joy was in the work of their hands: their memorial is the beauty which lives after them. Also of Agnes Jekyll whose spirit ever dwelt in loving kindness." Below this inscription is a memorial to Francis Jekyll, who died in 1965, the only son of Herbert and Agnes.
Local climate
Jekyll Memorial Approximately 5 Metres South East of South East Corner of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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