King Alfred's Monument with Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Monument.
King Alfred's Monument with Railings
- WRENN ID
- salt-cloister-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- King Alfred's Monument with Railings, New Road, Lyng
- OS grid reference
- ST 346 292
- Coordinates
- 51.05887, -2.9345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
King Alfred's Monument, built in 1801 for John Salde, commemorates King Alfred the Great. It features dressed freestone on a plain low lias plinth with a set-off. The monument is a squat obelisk set on a tall two-stage podium, which has a moulded plinth. The lower stage of the podium includes a moulded cornice and a slate inscription panel on the east side. The upper stage has scrolls on the north and south sides, and a bust of Alfred on the east. The monument is surrounded by iron railings with spear caps and urn finials at the corners and the center of each side, and it sits on a renewed red brick plinth with Ham stone capping. It was erected to commemorate Alfred's occupation in 878 and stands on the site of the former monastery at Athelney, established in 893. This site is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 367).
Local climate
King Alfred's Monument with Railings receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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