Hawke Monument South of Westbourne House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1981. Monument.
Hawke Monument South of Westbourne House
- WRENN ID
- dusk-remnant-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1981
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Hawke Monument South of Westbourne House, West Street, Liskeard
- OS grid reference
- SX 249 645
- Coordinates
- 50.455, -4.46747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hawke Monument, located south of Westbourne House in Liskeard, dates from 1887 and commemorates Richard Hawke and Sarah Ann, who died in 1904 at the age of 77. The monument is a tall, square-shaped structure made of dressed granite, standing on a stepped base. It features scalloped corners and fielded-panelled sides, with an inscription on the south panel. The monument is topped with a moulded cornice leading to a squat pyramidal cap.
Local climate
Hawke Monument South of Westbourne House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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