The Lansdowne Monument is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1986. Monument. 1 related planning application.
The Lansdowne Monument
- WRENN ID
- keen-cellar-thyme
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill
- OS grid reference
- SU 047 693
- Coordinates
- 51.42277, -1.93272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lansdowne Monument is a Grade II* obelisk built in 1845 by Sir Charles Barry for the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne. It commemorates Sir William Petty, a statistician and economist who lived from 1623 to 1687 and is an ancestor of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. The monument is constructed from rubble stone with ashlar dressings and stands at a monumental scale. It features three high steps, which are mostly collapsed, along with a plinth, pedestal, and a main shaft that has a moulded base that splayed in from the pedestal. The overall height of the monument is 125 feet, and it was erected at a cost of £1,359. There is no inscription on the monument, which serves as a landmark visible for miles around.
Local climate
The Lansdowne Monument receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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