Strange Monument in the Churchyard About 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Chest tomb.
Strange Monument in the Churchyard About 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- rough-terrace-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 741 758
- Coordinates
- 51.48058, -2.37405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 12 metres southwest of the tower of the Church of St. Peter, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of limestone and features a flat top with a moulded edge. The base is sunken into the ground, and there are pilasters with raised panels at the corners and centrally on the north side. On the north side, there are paired square inscription panels, while the south side has a large oval cartouche adorned with carved spandrels and a moulded rectangular surround. The tomb commemorates Thomas Strange, who died in 1771, along with other family members.
Local climate
Strange Monument in the Churchyard About 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Peter 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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