Taylor Monument, About 3 Metres South of South West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Taylor Monument, About 3 Metres South of South West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 214 994
- Coordinates
- 51.69382, -1.69066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Taylor Monument is a chest tomb located about 3 meters south of the south-west tower buttress in the churchyard of the Church of St. Lawrence. It was erected for John Taylor in the early 19th century and is made of limestone. The monument features a moulded plinth and capping with a plain frieze. It has a two-stepped tent top with straight edges. The end panels display an incised rectangular panel with a projecting semi-circular section at the top. The sides have plain rectangular panels flanked by fluted strips. The inscriptions on the monument are only partially decipherable.
Local climate
Taylor Monument, About 3 Metres South of South West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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