Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Circa 8 Metres North of the Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Circa 8 Metres North of the Chancel
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lime-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 934 248
- Coordinates
- 51.92251, -2.09635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, approximately 8 metres north of the chancel. It dates from the 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and a cartouche-like inscription panel at the west end. The north side has a large fielded panel without an inscription, flanked by fielded marginal panels. The south side has a similar arrangement of fielded panels, and there is also a fielded panel at the east end. The tomb is capped with a moulded margin and was largely covered in ivy during the last survey in April 1986.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Circa 8 Metres North of the Chancel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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