Monument to Cowcher Family About 7 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Kenelm is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Monument to Cowcher Family About 7 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Kenelm
- WRENN ID
- kindled-basalt-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 714 616
- Coordinates
- 52.25202, -2.41899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Cowcher family is a chest tomb located about 7 metres north of the vestry of the Church of St Kenelm in Clifton upon Teme. It commemorates Mr John Cowcher, who died in 1827, and is signed by W Milton. The tomb is made of ashlar stone and features a ridge and hipped top, with reeded pilasters at the ends and shaped inscription panels adorned with corner paterae. The south face of the tomb bears the inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Mr John Cowcher late of this parish who died April 2nd 1827 aged 67 years." The north face includes an inscription for Mary Cowcher, who died in 1839.
Local climate
Monument to Cowcher Family About 7 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Kenelm receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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