Galton Memorial About 11 Yards East of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Vault.
Galton Memorial About 11 Yards East of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- waning-chamber-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Vault
- OS grid reference
- SO 915 625
- Coordinates
- 52.2611, -2.12472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Galton Memorial, located about 11 yards east of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a mid-19th century vault made of sandstone ashlar. It has a large square plan, featuring a moulded plinth and cornice, with a shallow pyramidal capping that includes a central circular vent. The sides of the vault display a panelled frieze and blind intersecting semi-circular headed arcading, with an impost band that runs around each side and corner columns that have acanthus-moulded capitals, although these are mostly worn away. On a small plaque on the south side, it is inscribed: "THE/ FORMER VAULT/ OF/ HUBERT JOHN/ BARCLAY GALTON/ OF/ WARLEY, SALOP/ AND OF/ EWAN CAMERON/ GALTON/ OF/ EYNSHAM, OXON". Additionally, part of the damaged chamfered sandstone ashlar base of a former railed enclosure remains. This large monument prominently dominates the small churchyard.
Local climate
Galton Memorial About 11 Yards East of the Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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