Monument Approximately 4 Metres South East of South Porch Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Monument.
Monument Approximately 4 Metres South East of South Porch Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- tilted-glass-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 761 207
- Coordinates
- 51.85722, 0.55669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, located approximately 4 meters southeast of the south porch of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Black Notley, commemorates John Ray M.A., F.R.S. (1627-1702), an early botanist and natural historian. It is a tall structure made of white marble, featuring a moulded base and a tall square panelled pedestal with a moulded capital. The pedestal is topped by a moulded cornice and an obelisk with a flame finial, resting on a plain support base. Each side of the base has foliate supports that frame central shields. The main column includes Latin inscriptions on its panels.
Local climate
Monument Approximately 4 Metres South East of South Porch Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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