Tench Monument in Grave Yard 40 Yards South West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Monument.
Tench Monument in Grave Yard 40 Yards South West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pewter-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 376 868
- Coordinates
- 51.56352, -0.01541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tench Monument is located in the graveyard 40 yards southwest of the tower on Church Road in Leyton, E10. This monument, likely dating from the late 18th century, is made of Portland stone and features a three-stage design with a square plan. It has a rusticated plinth that bears an inscription and a carved cartouche. The monument includes splayed corner buttresses and a square second stage with scrolled brackets at the corners. The upper stage consists of a squat obelisk.
Local climate
Tench Monument in Grave Yard 40 Yards South West of Tower sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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