Monument to H M Grylls is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Monument to H M Grylls
- WRENN ID
- late-chancel-peregrine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1972
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to H M Grylls, Monument Road, Helston, TR13 8EU
- OS grid reference
- SW 656 274
- Coordinates
- 50.10045, -5.27774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to H M Grylls is a memorial gateway that provides access to a bowling green on the site of a former castle. It was constructed in 1834 by George Wightwick, funded by public subscription in memory of Humphry Millet Grylls. The monument is made of granite ashlar and features a plinth, weathered buttresses, and various details, including an embattled parapet with tall crocketed pinnacles flanking the doorway. The structure has a rectangular plan and is designed in the Gothic style. Both the front and rear elevations are identical, showcasing a central four-centred arched doorway with sunk panels in the spandrels and an inscribed panel with a trefoil end above. The flanking bays contain tall trefoil-headed niches with quatrefoils above them, and a lower cornice is enriched with Tudor roses, topped by a parapet cornice over a trefoil frieze. This distinguished design provides a visually prominent end to Coinagehall Street.
Local climate
Monument to H M Grylls receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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