Memorial To Lord Herbert Of Lea, Inchkeith is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979.

Memorial To Lord Herbert Of Lea, Inchkeith

WRENN ID
dusk-tower-cedar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 September 1979
OS grid reference
NT 292 827
Coordinates
56.03285, -3.13614
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a bronze memorial plaque, erected in 1922 by the Trustees of Robert Mackay Smith, a merchant in Leith. It commemorates Sidney Herbert, 1st Lord Herbert of Lea (1810-1861), who served as Secretary of State for War and took steps to fortify the island of Inchkeith. The plaque displays the arms of the Sidney family. The memorial acknowledges the long-standing advocacy of Leith merchants for the defense of Leith port, a cause that Sidney Herbert championed. References are found in N MacDonald’s Islands of the Forth, published in 1985.

Local climate

Memorial To Lord Herbert Of Lea, Inchkeith receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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