Monument to Thomas Lucas, Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Monument.
Monument to Thomas Lucas, Arnos Vale Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- noble-bastion-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Thomas Lucas, Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road, BS4 3EW
- OS grid reference
- ST 606 714
- Coordinates
- 51.44036, -2.56685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Thomas Lucas is a sarcophagus located in Arnos Vale Cemetery, dating from 1859. It was made by Tyley of Bristol and is constructed from Portland stone in a Gothic style. The tomb is rectangular, measuring 3 meters by 1 meter by 2 meters, and features angle buttresses. There are three lancet panels on the sides and one on each end, with inscriptions in lead lettering dedicated to Thomas Lucas and his family.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Lucas, 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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