Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- lesser-chamber-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 769 788
- Coordinates
- 51.50788, -2.33365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard about 15 metres southwest of the tower of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Tormarton. It is made of limestone and features a flat top with a moulded edge and a moulded base. The tomb has corner pilasters adorned with festooned flowers hanging from rings. There are raised narrow panels on the east and west sides, paired raised panels on the north and south sides, with the south side being square and the north side circular. The inscriptions on the tomb have worn away over time.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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