Armstrong Monument North East of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Armstrong Monument North East of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- north-rubble-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Armstrong Monument North East of Church of St Maddern, Madron
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 318
- Coordinates
- 50.13184, -5.56429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Armstrong Monument, located northeast of the Church of St Maddern in Madron, is a Grade II listed chest tomb featuring a memorial statue. The chest dates from the early 19th century, while the statue was created around 1929. It commemorates William Armstrong, the son of John and Mary Armstrong, who died in 1832 at the age of 29, as well as John Scobell Armstrong, who was born in Nancealverne in 1842 and died in 1929. The chest is made of dressed granite and has a shaped lid topped with a ball on a pedestal. Sitting on this ball is a bronze figure of a blindfolded female playing a lyre. The chest has a square plan.
Local climate
Armstrong Monument North East of Church of St Maddern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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- Nos 5 and 6 Including Front Garden Walls and Gate Piers
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