Gibson and Scace Family Monument Immediately SW of the S Porch of the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 2005. Monument.
Gibson and Scace Family Monument Immediately SW of the S Porch of the Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 2005
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Gibson and Scace Family Monument Immediately SW of the S Porch of the Church of All Saints, the Street, Laxfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 296 724
- Coordinates
- 52.30192, 1.36638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gibson and Scace family monument, dating from around 1800, is located immediately southwest of the south porch of the Church of All Saints in Laxfield. This monument features a raised plinth made of sandstone, measuring approximately 2.5 by 5 meters, which was formerly surrounded by railings. Atop the plinth is a chest tomb crafted from fine-grained limestone, adorned with shield-like panels on all sides, each topped with a decorative swag. The corners of the tomb have narrow panels in the Gothick style. It includes a moulded plinth and a projecting coping beneath an inscribed top slab. The shields bear inscriptions commemorating members of the Gibson and Scace families, including Barnabas Gibson, who died in 1792, his wife Martha, who died in 1803, Robert Scace, who died in 1841, his wife Charlotte, who died in 1840, and Gibson Harper Scace, who died in 1844. This intricately carved chest tomb is part of a larger family monument enclosure that is significant in relation to the Church of All Saints, forming an important group.
Local climate
Gibson and Scace Family Monument Immediately SW of the S Porch of the Church of All Saints 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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