Wetmore Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Oswald is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. A C18 Monument.
Wetmore Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- lone-lead-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 655 932
- Coordinates
- 51.63726, -2.49988
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wetmore monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 9 metres south of the nave of the Church of St. Oswald. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge, lyre ends, and oval panels on the east and west sides. There are inscription panels in shouldered architraves on the north and south sides, with decorative bosses in the corners. The monument commemorates Thomas Wetmore, who died in 1797, along with other family members.
Local climate
Wetmore Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Oswald receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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