Gosling Monument in the Churchyard, 1 Metre North East of Nave, Church of St John Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1987. Monument.
Gosling Monument in the Churchyard, 1 Metre North East of Nave, Church of St John Baptist
- WRENN ID
- cold-chimney-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 959 889
- Coordinates
- 51.59951, -2.06047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gosling Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, one metre north-east of the nave of the Church of St John Baptist. It dates from 1812 and is made of limestone. The tomb features a plain design with incised panels and coved corners on each side. The inscriptions are in Roman and italic lettering, painted black. It has a moulded base and a cyma recta moulded slab.
Local climate
Gosling Monument in the Churchyard, 1 Metre North East of Nave, Church of St John Baptist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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