Ellis Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Memorial monument. 1 related planning application.
Ellis Monument
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-belfry-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Memorial monument
- Address
- Ellis Monument, Fore Street, Torpoint
- OS grid reference
- SX 438 552
- Coordinates
- 50.37639, -4.19691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ellis Monument is a memorial monument located in Torpoint, built in 1897. It is made of granite and features three square granite steps leading up to a chamfered plinth. The base is square in plan and has a trefoil arch on each side, with gabled hoods supported by polished granite colonnettes. Each hood contains an inscription panel; three panels feature texts from the Bible, while the fourth bears a different inscription. The monument is topped with a square tapered shaft that supports a Celtic cross. It commemorates James B. Ellis, who drowned while saving the lives of two boys off Torpoint.
Local climate
Ellis Monument sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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