Monument 34 Yards East of Chancel, Commemorating Members of the Gilson Family is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Monument.
Monument 34 Yards East of Chancel, Commemorating Members of the Gilson Family
- WRENN ID
- graven-corbel-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 708 069
- Coordinates
- 51.73519, 0.47289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 19th-century monument is located 34 yards east of the chancel and commemorates members of the Gilson family. It stands on a stone base and has a cubic shape with indented angles. The monument features four inscribed faces and a moulded top string that has a relief of a key pattern, topped by a pyramid.
Local climate
Monument 34 Yards East of Chancel, Commemorating Members of the Gilson Family sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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