Row of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 2 Metres South West of the David Ansell Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Monuments.

Row of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 2 Metres South West of the David Ansell Monument

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1987
Type
Monuments
OS grid reference
SP 195 171
Coordinates
51.85252, -1.71785
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A row of five headstones is located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, approximately 2 meters south-west of the David Ansell monument. These monuments date from the mid to late 18th century and are made of limestone. Each headstone features a segmental top, with four of them adorned with winged cherubs' heads and various floral or foliate scrollwork decorations in bold relief. The central headstone has a simpler design, showcasing simplified foliate scrollwork in shallow relief at the top. The inscriptions on all the headstones are either illegible or partially illegible.

Local climate

Row of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 2 Metres South West of the David Ansell Monument receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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