Wren Monument in St Mary's Churchyard (25 Metres to West South West of East Gate to Churchyard) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Memorial cross.
Wren Monument in St Mary's Churchyard (25 Metres to West South West of East Gate to Churchyard)
- WRENN ID
- shifting-ledge-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Memorial cross
- OS grid reference
- TL 396 251
- Coordinates
- 51.90772, 0.02904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wren Monument in St Mary's churchyard, located 25 meters to the west-southwest of the east gate to the churchyard in Braughing village, is a memorial cross and enclosure dating from around 1898. It features bronze plates, likely over a wooden structure, and is surrounded by an oak-railed enclosure that includes a memorial plaque. The monument consists of a slender, tapering standing cross approximately 2 meters high, facing west. The front displays repousee decoration in the Arts and Crafts style. The buttressed shaft rises from a swept square base, which has a plinth and corner turrets. The head of the cross is topped with a deep semi-cylindrical bronze hood. The low enclosure is made of oak posts and rails, with a gabled central framed panel on the west side, about 1 meter high, featuring repousee inscriptions dedicated to Walter Wren (1834-1898) and other family members. The gabled top of the panel is capped with bronze.
Local climate
Wren Monument in St Mary's Churchyard (25 Metres to West South West of East Gate to Churchyard) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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