Monument in Victoria Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1982. Monument.

Monument in Victoria Gardens

WRENN ID
knotted-joist-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1982
Type
Monument
Address
Monument in Victoria Gardens, Fore Street, Saltash
OS grid reference
SX 426 589
Coordinates
50.40905, -4.21632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument in Victoria Gardens, dating from around 1900, is a granite tapering pier topped with a modillion capping that supports a crown. The plinth features a bronze relief of a hero and a tablet inscribed with the words: "This monument was erected by his countrymen at home and abroad - To the memory of Major General Sir William Penn Symons KCB of Hatt who fell while commanding the British Troops at Talana Hill, Natal on 20 October 1899."

Local climate

Monument in Victoria Gardens 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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