Smart Monument 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.
Smart Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- tattered-flue-martin
- 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
- Smart Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 608 715
- Coordinates
- 51.4415, -2.56492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smart Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed tomb dedicated to Dr. Thomas Tovey Smart, who died in 1882. It features a marble obelisk set on a pedestal. The front of the monument displays an oval relief depicting a High Victorian professional, surrounded by a garland. Above this relief is a wreath made of porcelain 'immortelles'. The epitaph honors Dr. Smart for serving as a medical officer for the Bedminster Union for 40 years, highlighting his professionalism and kindness towards his many patients. At the time of inspection in 2002, the obelisk was heavily overgrown with ivy. The monument is listed for its sculptural and historical significance.
Local climate
Smart Monument 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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