Wise Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Monument.
Wise Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- calm-bastion-equinox
- 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 760 754
- Coordinates
- 51.47785, -2.34613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wise monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 8 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St. James. It dates from the 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge and a moulded plinth. It has quarter balusters and a raised central panel on the north side, adorned with a garland of fruit and flowers on each side. The narrow raised side panels are plain on the east, west, and south. The earliest decipherable date on the monument is 1770.
Local climate
Wise Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St James receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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