Grenfell Memorial South of Old Churchyard, Taplow Court is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Monument. 5 related planning applications.

Grenfell Memorial South of Old Churchyard, Taplow Court

WRENN ID
dusted-paling-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
Monument
Address
Grenfell Memorial South of Old Churchyard, Taplow Court, Cliveden Road, SL6 0ER
OS grid reference
SU 906 821
Coordinates
51.53089, -0.69488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grenfell Memorial, located south of the old churchyard at Taplow Court, is a stone monument erected in 1920 in memory of A and G Grenfell. It features a carved relief of Apollo and his chariot, created by the artist B Mackennal. Behind the relief is a bronze panel that displays a poem written by Juliain Grenfell.

Local climate

Grenfell Memorial South of Old Churchyard, Taplow Court sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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