Captain Cook Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1989. Monument.
Captain Cook Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-column-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1989
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Captain Cook Memorial, Bridge Street (South End), Great Ayton, TS9 6NP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 557 106
- Coordinates
- 54.48804, -1.14139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Captain Cook Memorial is a Grade II listed obelisk erected in 1934, located on the east side of Bridge Street in Great Ayton. This memorial features a rusticated granite low obelisk set on a base of two square steps and includes two bronze plaques. The first plaque on the shaft commemorates Lieutenant James Cook of the Endeavour, noting that he first sighted Australia at this location, which he named Point Hicks, on April 19, 1770, according to the ship's log, with the calendar date being April 20. The second plaque on the base states that the monument is made from stones hewn from the rocks of Cafe Everard near Point Hicks, Victoria, and is a facsimile of the memorial erected there. It also marks the site of Captain Cook's cottage, which was removed to Melbourne in 1934, the centenary year of Victoria. The memorial was presented by Russell Grimwade and is included for its historical interest.
Local climate
Captain Cook Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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