St Ethelreda's Churchyard Monumentto Cecil Family in Burial Ground on East Side of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Monument.

St Ethelreda's Churchyard Monumentto Cecil Family in Burial Ground on East Side of Churchyard

WRENN ID
brooding-slate-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Monument
Address
St Ethelreda's Churchyard Monumentto Cecil Family in Burial Ground on East Side of Churchyard, Fore Street
OS grid reference
TL 235 084
Coordinates
51.76131, -0.21161
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Ethelreda's Churchyard features a memorial cross dedicated to the Cecil family, located in the burial ground on the east side of the churchyard. This monument, erected in 1872, is situated in the centre of the burial ground, northeast of the chancel. It is constructed from stone and has a chamfered square plan with a stepped base. The eight-sided aedicule plinth is adorned with wide and narrow crocketed gables that include carved tympana. The shaft of the cross is topped with a leaf-carved finial, which is further surmounted by a small cross.

Local climate

St Ethelreda's Churchyard Monumentto Cecil Family in Burial Ground on East Side of Churchyard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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