Rufus Stone is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1976. Monument.
Rufus Stone
- WRENN ID
- tired-string-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1976
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Rufus Stone, Minstead
- OS grid reference
- SU 270 124
- Coordinates
- 50.9112, -1.61705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rufus Stone is a monument commemorating the death of King William II. It was originally erected in 1745 by the Earl De La Warr and encased in 1841 by Sturges Bourne. The monument features a standing tapering pillar with a square section and raised rounded corners and top, with inscriptions on each face. It marks the supposed spot where an arrow glanced off an oak tree, killing William Rufus in 1100. The stone is encased in cast iron.
Local climate
Rufus Stone receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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