Monument to John Gibbs in the Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, About 2 Metres East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. Monument.
Monument to John Gibbs in the Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, About 2 Metres East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- solemn-stone-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 175 325
- Coordinates
- 51.9909, -1.74589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Gibbs, who died in 1802, is located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Lawrence, about 2 meters east of the chancel in Bourton-on-the-Hill. This Grade II listed chest tomb is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape on a moulded plinth with inset corners. There is a moulded course around the top of the tomb. It is one of a group of three chest tombs situated at the east end of the chancel and is prominently visible from Main Street. There is also a plaque on the south wall of the south aisle related to this monument.
Local climate
Monument to John Gibbs in the Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, About 2 Metres East of Chancel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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