Railed Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 12 Metres South South West of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Railed Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 12 Metres South South West of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- spare-paling-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 399 110
- Coordinates
- 51.78058, 0.02791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard monument located at the Old Church of St James, dating from the early 19th century. It features a stone monument raised on a York stone cover slab that leads to a vault, surrounded by cast iron railing on all four sides. The monument has a ridged stone ledger that is elevated on a chamfered base. Each end of the ledger has a triangular sunk panel with a carved winged heart. The cast iron railing is designed in a Gothic style, showcasing traceried work with quatrefoils above cusped ogee arches, and it has a cresting above a moulded rail. The railing stands about 1 metre high and includes square corner standards topped with spiked maceheads.
Local climate
Railed Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 12 Metres South South West of Chancel 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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