Armada Memorial is a Grade II* listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Memorial.

Armada Memorial

WRENN ID
swift-brass-rain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
Memorial
Address
Armada Memorial, the Promenade, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 477 539
Coordinates
50.36528, -4.14167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Armada Memorial is a significant memorial located on The Promenade at Hoe in Plymouth, built in 1888. Designed by architect Herbert A. Gribble and sculptor W. Charles May, it is constructed from dressed granite and features bronze fittings and sculpture. The memorial has an octagonal stepped base that leads up to a square panelled plinth with an entablature. This transitions into a tall panelled chest, also with an entablature, which supports a bronze figure of Britannia with a lion. The front of the memorial displays a crowned shield with drapes, a panel depicting the Armada, and the inscription: "HE BLEW WITH HIS WINDS AND THEY WERE SCATTERED." Additionally, the chest features a wreathed medallion with the head of the Spanish admiral, Sedonia. Surrounding the memorial is a low perimeter fence made of granite plinths and chains, supported by turned cast-iron stanchions. This memorial is part of a distinguished series of monuments on the Hoe.

Local climate

Armada Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% 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 92% 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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