Monument To Anna Maria Griffith is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 August 2007. Monument.
Monument To Anna Maria Griffith
- WRENN ID
- north-plaster-lake
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 August 2007
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NT 744 359
- Coordinates
- 55.6168, -2.408
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a corniced, square-plan monument dated 1844 designed by William Cockburn, Mason and Carver. It commemorates Anna Maria Griffith. The monument stands on a stepped base and is constructed from ashlar sandstone from the New Quarry, Hendersyde. The monument includes carved shield and leaf details, and inscribed panels to each face. An original footed urn from the top of the monument lies adjacent.
The east-facing elevation contains an inscription detailing Anna Maria Griffith's birth at Hendersyde Park on 2nd October 1814, her death in Leamington, Warwickshire on 8th July 1831, and her burial in the parish church vault at Leamington. It also quotes from scripture and describes her character.
The south-facing elevation features verses composed by Anna Maria Griffith during a carriage journey shortly before her death. These lament her impending demise whilst expressing hope for a glorious afterlife.
The third inscription is composed by her mother and expresses sorrow at her passing but comfort in her salvation.
The fourth inscription acknowledges the monument's erection by Richard Griffith, Maria Jane Griffith and John Waldie in July 1844.
Local climate
Monument To Anna Maria Griffith receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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