Robert Briggs Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1987. A C18 Monument.
Robert Briggs Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- keen-rood-wren
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Robert Briggs Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Cowley
- OS grid reference
- SO 965 146
- Coordinates
- 51.83042, -2.0519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robert Briggs monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, commemorating Robert Briggs, senior, who died in 1709, and Edward Briggs, whose date of death is illegible. The tomb is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth. On the north side, there is a raised rectangular inscription panel with a moulded margin and water leaf decoration. It depicts a figure of a man in contemporary dress holding a hat in his left hand. There is also a figure of a woman holding flowers within an alcove formed by drapery, with a skull and palm leaves below.
The south side has a similar inscription panel, flanked by the figures of two women. The woman on the left is smaller and has an eroded swag above her, with a winged hourglass below, while the taller woman stands within an alcove formed by drapery. The tomb has lyre-shaped ends, with a cherub holding an open bible at the east end and cartouche-like decoration with fruit at the west end. The thick capping has a moulded margin. The full figures in contemporary dress make this monument particularly unusual.
Local climate
Robert Briggs Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% 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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