Group of Five Blandford Monuments, About 17 Metres North of West Tower in Churchyard of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1986. Monument.
Group of Five Blandford Monuments, About 17 Metres North of West Tower in Churchyard of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- woven-chalk-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 999 954
- Coordinates
- 51.658, -2.00255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five chest tombs dedicated to the Blandford family, located about 17 meters north of the west tower in the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael. The tombs commemorate Elizabeth Jenner Blandford, who died in 1805; Henrietta Maria Blandford, who died in 1760; Elizabeth Blandford, who died in 1777; an unidentified individual, likely from the late 18th century; and Thomas Blandford, who died in 1780. All the tombs are made of limestone and feature flat tops, although they are mostly in poor condition as of May 1985. The tomb of Henrietta Maria is the most notable, distinguished by its large gadrooned ends adorned with cherub heads.
Local climate
Group of Five Blandford Monuments, About 17 Metres North of West Tower in Churchyard of Church of St Michael 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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