Johnston Monument at Gilston Parish Church at South West Corner of Churchyard is a Grade I listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. A 1923 Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Johnston Monument at Gilston Parish Church at South West Corner of Churchyard

WRENN ID
hallowed-transept-plover
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Period
1923
Address
Johnston Monument at Gilston Parish Church at South West Corner of Churchyard, Gilston Lane, CM20 2RJ
OS grid reference
TL 439 135
Coordinates
51.80179, 0.08645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Johnston Monument is located at the southwest corner of the churchyard of Gilston Parish Church. Erected in 1923, this monument features a carved stone crucifixion group at about chest height. The figure of Christ is carved in relief on a tapering cross with slightly tapered arms. The cubic base-block has fine lettercutting that includes an inscription in memory of Geoffrey Stewart Johnston, who was killed in Flanders in 1915. To the right, there is a separate tapered, pointed stone with Our Lady carved in relief and an inscription dedicated to Rose Alice Johnston, who died in 1907. On the left, a similar stone features St John and an inscription for Reginald Eden Johnston, who died in 1922. This monument is an outstanding example of relief figure-carving and fine lettercutting, and it is part of a group with the medieval parish church.

Local climate

Johnston Monument at Gilston Parish Church at South West Corner of Churchyard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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