Taylor Monument in Hunsdon Churchyard 6 Metres South East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Taylor Monument in Hunsdon Churchyard 6 Metres South East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-clay-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 418 127
- Coordinates
- 51.79504, 0.05541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Taylor Monument, located in Hunsdon Churchyard, was erected in 1760. It is made of white limestone with a grey stone top slab. The monument is designed as a rectangular tomb chest featuring a heavily moulded base and top slab, with fluted and gadrooned recessed corners and raised and fielded moulded panels on each side. The north face of the monument bears an inscription dedicated to Elliot Taylor, Esq., dated 1760. This fine mid-18th century monument is still in the baroque style and holds special architectural interest. It is part of a group with the church.
Local climate
Taylor Monument in Hunsdon Churchyard 6 Metres South East of Chancel 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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