The Congreve Monument is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Circa 1737 Monument.
The Congreve Monument
- WRENN ID
- blind-footing-woodpecker
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Circa 1737
- Address
- The Congreve Monument, Stowe
- OS grid reference
- SP 678 370
- Coordinates
- 52.02784, -1.01266
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Congreve Monument is a small stone obelisk, dating from around 1737 and possibly designed by Kent. It features a trophy of comic masks and is topped by a monkey that is believed to be holding a mirror. This monument was erected by Lord Cobham in memory of his friend, the playwright Congreve. It is situated on a small island in the Octagon Lake at Stowe School.
Local climate
The Congreve Monument sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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