Talbot Memorial Crosses is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1976. Memorial.

Talbot Memorial Crosses

WRENN ID
leaning-thatch-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Bournemouth West MP: Jessica Toale (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1976
Type
Memorial
Address
Talbot Memorial Crosses, Wallisdown Road
OS grid reference
SZ 069 940
Coordinates
50.74617, -1.90245
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Talbot Memorial Crosses are a pair of monumental crosses located on stepped plinths along Wallisdown Road. They feature biblical inscriptions dedicated to the Misses Talbot, who passed away in 1870 and 1890. Each cross is surrounded by a formal beech hedge. These crosses are part of a group of listed buildings along Wallisdown Road and Columbia Road.

Local climate

Talbot Memorial Crosses receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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