Gardner 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.

Gardner Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery

WRENN ID
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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
Gardner Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road
OS grid reference
ST 608 715
Coordinates
51.44173, -2.5646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gardner Monument in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a tomb dedicated to Lieutenant James Gardner, who died in 1861. It is made of white marble set on a pink granite plinth. The monument features a tall pedestal on a stepped base, with inscriptions on the main faces. At the top, there is a sculpted group that includes a funerary urn adorned with a coat of arms, wrapped in a Union Jack. At the base of the monument, there are an officer's shako and sword belt.

Lieutenant Gardner was the son of the Governor of Bristol Gaol and served in the 7th Royal Fusiliers. He drowned at Alwaye on the Malabar Coast in India and was initially buried in the Protestant Burial Ground at Cochin. His remains were returned to Bristol in 1863 and re-interred at this site. The monument is a notable example of mid-Victorian design in the Neoclassical style, reflecting interesting aspects of British history in India.

Local climate

Gardner 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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