Catherine Best Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Peter Circa 12 Metres South of the Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1987. A C19 Monument.
Catherine Best Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Peter Circa 12 Metres South of the Tower
- WRENN ID
- carved-gravel-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 943 193
- Coordinates
- 51.873, -2.08418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Catherine Best monument is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, approximately 12 metres south of the tower. This tall Gothic-style monument commemorates Catherine Best, the widow of John Rycroft Best and the youngest daughter of Richard Count de Vins, who died in 1855, along with other family members. It is made of limestone and features a large bronze plaque. The base has inscriptions on the east and north sides, and above it stands a tall rectangular column with a pointed-arched recess that contains a bronze plaque depicting a life-size figure of an angel in relief. The angel holds a cloth with an additional inscription. At the top, there is a cross finial, although the corner pinnacles are now missing. The monument is enclosed within a rectangular area surrounded by spear-headed railings.
Local climate
Catherine Best Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Peter Circa 12 Metres South of the Tower 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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