Cape Monument in Churchyard 7 Metres West of Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Monument.
Cape Monument in Churchyard 7 Metres West of Unitarian Chapel
- WRENN ID
- iron-hammer-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke MP: Claire Hazelgrove (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 639 775
- Coordinates
- 51.49605, -2.52055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cape monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 7 metres west of the Unitarian Chapel in Frenchay. It dates from the 18th century and is made of freestone. The tomb features a moulded plinth, corner baroque balusters, and panels with one incised moulding, topped with an ogee moulded slab. The earliest legible date on the monument is 1739.
Local climate
Cape Monument in Churchyard 7 Metres West of Unitarian Chapel 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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