John Gilbert and Elizabeth Roper Monuments in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the Church of Saint Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Monuments.
John Gilbert and Elizabeth Roper Monuments in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the Church of Saint Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tall-moulding-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- John Gilbert and Elizabeth Roper Monuments in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the Church of Saint Andrew, West Stafford
- OS grid reference
- SY 725 896
- Coordinates
- 50.70563, -2.38985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Gilbert and Elizabeth Roper monuments are two headstones located in the churchyard against the east wall of the Church of Saint Andrew. One headstone is dated 1799 and features a scroll top with an inscription dedicated to John Gilbert. The other headstone, dated 1795, also has a scroll top and bears an inscription for Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Roper.
Local climate
John Gilbert and Elizabeth Roper Monuments in the Churchyard Against the East Wall of the Church of Saint Andrew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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