Coningesby Monuments About 2 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Monument.
Coningesby Monuments About 2 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- empty-outpost-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 140 984
- Coordinates
- 51.67327, -0.35265
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coningesby Monuments are a pair of chest tombs located about 2 meters east of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Aldenham. They commemorate J. Coningesby, who died in 1697, and his wife, who died in 1719. The tombs are constructed of ashlar and feature panelled long sides. The eastern faces have S-curved sides adorned with arms in wreaths, which are depicted in relief. Inscribed slabs are placed on top of the tombs.
Local climate
Coningesby Monuments About 2 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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