Sheppard Monument, in the Churchyard and 10 Metres South of Church of St James the Less is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Monument.
Sheppard Monument, in the Churchyard and 10 Metres South of Church of St James the Less
- WRENN ID
- third-grate-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 680 834
- Coordinates
- 51.5489, -2.46167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sheppard monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 10 metres south of the Church of St. James the Less. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of freestone. The tomb features a moulded slab with corner balusters and plain ends that have later inscriptions. The south side includes a cartouche, while the north side has two arched panels with decorated spandrels. It has a moulded base and stands on a plain 20th-century plinth. An earlier legible date on the monument indicates "Sheppard 1859."
Local climate
Sheppard Monument, in the Churchyard and 10 Metres South of Church of St James the Less receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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