Richard Jefferies Memorial in Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, 13 Metres North of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Memorial.
Richard Jefferies Memorial in Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, 13 Metres North of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- idle-lead-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SU 160 836
- Coordinates
- 51.55177, -1.76971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richard Jefferies memorial is a chest tomb made of limestone, dating from the 19th century. It commemorates Richard Jefferies, who died in 1825, along with his daughter Fanny, James Luckett Jefferies, who died in 1850, his grandson William George Hall, who died in 1899, and his daughter Ellen Luckett, who died in 1845. The memorial also mentions another Richard Jefferies, who died in 1832. The tomb features fielded panels and recessed fluted corner pilasters. This memorial marks the family of Richard Jefferies, the writer, although he is buried in Worthing. The memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, 13 meters north of the chancel.
Local climate
Richard Jefferies Memorial in Churchyard of the Church of Holy Rood, 13 Metres North of Chancel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Jefferis Monument in the Churchyard About 12 Metres South of Nave of Church of St James the Great
- 2 Jefferis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5m South of Church of St Michael
- 3 Jeffreys Memorial Approximately 50 Metres South South East of Church of St Giles
- 4 Row of 5 Jeffery Headstones Approximately 9 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 5 Chest Tomb Commemorating Thomas Jeffries (Died 1809) and 3 Chest Tombs Commemorating the Jeffries (2 Late Eighteenth Century, One Early-Mid Nineteenth Century) Grouped Approximately 25 Yards to South of the South Chapel
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings