Russell Monument, in the Churchyard and 10 Metres South of the Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Russell Monument, in the Churchyard and 10 Metres South of the Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- hushed-quartz-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 668 883
- Coordinates
- 51.59306, -2.47997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Russell Monument, located in the churchyard and 10 metres south of the Church of St. James, is an early 19th-century chest tomb made of freestone. It features a moulded slab with corner balusters and inset moulded end panels. The sides of the tomb are adorned with oval cartouches set between paterae, and it stands on a tall moulded base. The earliest date associated with the monument is 1754.
Local climate
Russell Monument, in the Churchyard and 10 Metres South of the Church of St James 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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