Rowley Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James Next to East Wall of North East Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Rowley Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James Next to East Wall of North East Chapel
- WRENN ID
- vacant-garret-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Rowley Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James Next to East Wall of North East Chapel, Roydon Road, Stanstead Abbots
- OS grid reference
- TL 399 110
- Coordinates
- 51.78084, 0.02787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rowley monument, located in the churchyard of the Old Church of St James next to the east wall of the northeast chapel, is a churchyard monument dating from 1746, dedicated to John Rowley. It is made of limestone and is raised on two steps. The tomb chest features gadrooned corners with recessed balusters, egg-and-dart moulding, winged cherub heads, and a raised and fielded panel with convex quadrant corners on each face. The top slab is moulded and includes the primary inscription.
Local climate
Rowley Monument in Churchyard at Old Church of St James Next to East Wall of North East Chapel 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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