Monument to Johanah Swan Approximately 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. A Early Modern Monument.
Monument to Johanah Swan Approximately 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- eternal-belfry-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Early Modern
- OS grid reference
- TL 679 410
- Coordinates
- 52.0425, 0.44706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Johanah Swan is located approximately 5 metres south of the chancel of the parish church in Steeple Bumpstead. This early 18th-century gravestone is made of limestone and features an inscription dedicated to Johanah, the wife of Amos Swan, dated 1704, although part of it is below turf level. The stone is adorned with a scrolled cartouche and two cherubim above, both depicted in high relief.
Local climate
Monument to Johanah Swan Approximately 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Parish Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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