Tomb of Gwyer in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2003. Tomb.

Tomb of Gwyer in Arnos Vale Cemetery

WRENN ID
third-marble-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 2003
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Gwyer in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road
OS grid reference
ST 607 714
Coordinates
51.4408, -2.56555
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Gwyer in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed structure featuring a pink granite obelisk dedicated to the Gwyer family. This tall obelisk stands on a stepped base and is adorned with inscriptions in sunken capitals on its sides. Surrounding the obelisk are cast iron railings that are exceptionally elaborate, featuring baluster shafts and anthemion finials on the rails. The corner posts of the railings are topped with Grecian foliate spearheads. The earliest death commemorated at this site is that of Matthew Wright Gwyer, who drowned off St. Vincent in the West Indies in 1842. The listing highlights the impressive obelisk and its decorative railings.

Local climate

Tomb of Gwyer in Arnos Vale Cemetery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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