Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James the Great 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 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-rotunda-moth
- 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 699 796
- Coordinates
- 51.51485, -2.43418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located about 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. James the Great in Westerleigh. It is made of sandstone and features a flat top with a moulded edge and a moulded base. The tomb has corner pilasters adorned with rosettes and a large oval panel on the south side, which includes cherubs in the spandrels. The earliest decipherable date on the tomb is 1743.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James the Great receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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