Group of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower to Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1987. Monuments.
Group of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower to Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-basalt-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SP 143 051
- Coordinates
- 51.74465, -1.79365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four chest tombs located in the churchyard approximately 15 meters south of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist. These tombs date from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century and are made of limestone. The group includes one tomb with stylised foliage carving and a tall moulded capping, inscribed to Francis Sweet, who died in 1737; another with beaded panels and reeded pilaster strips, inscribed to John Tombes, who died in 1813; a third with plain recessed panels, inscribed to James Tombes, who died in 1798; and a fourth with carved borders to the panels, inscribed to James Tombes, who died in 1758.
Local climate
Group of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower to Church of St John the Baptist 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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