Budge Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Clarus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Chest tomb.
Budge Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Clarus
- WRENN ID
- slow-spire-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 247 681
- Coordinates
- 50.48663, -4.47143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Budge monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 22 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Clarus. It dates from the 18th century and is constructed of coursed sandstone with a granite lid that features a slate tablet inset. The tomb has a plain coursed stone chest and a cyma moulded lid. On the top, there is a rectangular tablet with well-crafted lettering and verses dedicated to Joan Budge, dated 1765.
Local climate
Budge Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Clarus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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