King Alfred Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Memorial.
King Alfred Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grey-rubblework-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- King Alfred Memorial, Shore Road, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 031 788
- Coordinates
- 50.6097, -1.95708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King Alfred Memorial, erected in 1862 by John Mowlem, is located on Shore Road. This memorial features a granite Tuscan column that stands on two stone steps. It is inscribed with the words: "In commemoration of a great naval battle fought with the Danes in Swanage Bay by Alfred the Great. AD 877" and "Erected by John Mowlem. AD 1862." At the top of the column are four cannon balls that were brought from the Crimean War. This design element was also used around the tennis courts of Purbeck House. The memorial is a prominent feature of the sea front.
Local climate
King Alfred Memorial receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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