Thomas Gould Tombstone on Grosvenor Street Roundabout is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Tombstone.
Thomas Gould Tombstone on Grosvenor Street Roundabout
- WRENN ID
- high-foundation-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1998
- Type
- Tombstone
- Address
- Thomas Gould Tombstone on Grosvenor Street Roundabout, Nicholas Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 404 659
- Coordinates
- 53.18709, -2.89335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Gould Tombstone, located on the Grosvenor Street Roundabout, is a Grade II listed memorial dating from around 1866. It is made of sandstone and shaped like a casket lid. The inscription reads: "IN MEMORY OF THOMAS GOULD LATE OF 52ND REGT. OF FOOT L.I. DIED IN NOVEMBER 1865 AGED 72 YEARS 46 OF WHICH WERE SPENT IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY." The stone details his participation in various military engagements, including Vimeiria, Corunna, and Waterloo, among others. He was awarded the Peninsula Medal with 13 clasps and the Waterloo Medal. The tombstone was placed over him by a few friends.
Local climate
Thomas Gould Tombstone on Grosvenor Street Roundabout receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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