Monument in Walpole Court is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1983. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Monument in Walpole Court

WRENN ID
riven-remnant-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1983
Type
Monument
Address
Monument in Walpole Court, Stowe, MK18 5EH
OS grid reference
SP 675 375
Coordinates
52.03188, -1.01648
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument in Walpole Court at Stowe School is a large stone urn set on a moulded stone plinth with semi-circular ends. An inscription on the urn commemorates the sixth Duke of Buckingham from 1839.

Local climate

Monument in Walpole Court 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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