Hardy Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Hardy Monument
- WRENN ID
- south-brass-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Hardy Monument, Portesham
- OS grid reference
- SY 613 875
- Coordinates
- 50.68675, -2.54919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hardy Monument is a landmark and monument built in 1844 and restored in 1908 by Arthur Acland-Troyte Esq. It commemorates Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, who passed away in 1839. The contractor for the project was Henry Goddard of Bridport. The monument is constructed from Portesham ashlar and features an octagonal tower approximately 70 feet high. It has a battered base, a heavy cornice, and a parapet, and it contains a spiral staircase that is illuminated through small slits.
Local climate
Hardy Monument receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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