Monument Approximately 30 Metres West of Berry Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1993. Monument.
Monument Approximately 30 Metres West of Berry Head Hotel
- WRENN ID
- proud-truss-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1993
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument Approximately 30 Metres West of Berry Head Hotel, TQ5 9AJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 938 567
- Coordinates
- 50.40076, -3.49543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, located approximately 30 meters west of the Berry Head Hotel, was built between 1834 and 1847. It is made of Devonian limestone ashlar and features a square pedestal with a chamfered plinth, panelled sides, and a flat projecting cap. The north side of the monument has an inscription that reads "TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD." It stands in the front garden of Berry Head House, which was occupied by the Reverend Henry Francis Lyte, the author of the hymn "Abide with Me," during the same period. According to Gregory, Lyte erected the monument after discovering human bones while leveling a mound of earth for gardening. The monument, or a similar structure, appears on the Brixham tithe map of 1838.
Local climate
Monument Approximately 30 Metres West of Berry Head Hotel receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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