Memorial Arch is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Memorial arch.

Memorial Arch

WRENN ID
shifting-ashlar-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1988
Type
Memorial arch
Address
Memorial Arch, King George Vi Memorial Plantation, Hayle
OS grid reference
SW 556 371
Coordinates
50.18404, -5.42439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hayle King George VI Memorial Arch is a Grade II listed structure built in 1844. It is located next to an ancient walled earthwork. The arch is constructed from granite ashlar with granite dressings and features brick vaulting. It has a single span elliptical skew arch that abuts embankments on either side. The design includes a plinth, an impost string, and alternate long and short voussoirs forming the elliptical arch. Additionally, there is a parapet string and a panelled parapet that displays a central date plaque with a relief inscription.

Local climate

Memorial Arch receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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