Allen Family Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 20 Metres South of the Vestry is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Monument.
Allen Family Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 20 Metres South of the Vestry
- WRENN ID
- wild-gravel-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 970 239
- Coordinates
- 51.91437, -2.04459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Allen family monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, approximately 20 metres south of the vestry. It commemorates Lieutenant Colonel James Allen of Inchmartine, Perthshire, who died in 1839, along with other members of the Allen family. The monument is made of sandstone and has a square plan. It originally featured a flat top with a railing that has since been removed. The base has a moulded plinth, and the west side includes an inscription dedicated to Colonel Allen, flanked by fluted marginal panels. Additional inscriptions can be found on the south and east sides. The north side is adorned with the family crest, which depicts a winged bird accompanied by the motto 'FORTITER' below. The monument is topped with a stepped pyramidal capping and was previously highlighted in cream and black paint.
Local climate
Allen Family Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 20 Metres South of the Vestry receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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