Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximatley 1.5m South of Church of St John is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximatley 1.5m South of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-porch-magpie
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 967 122
- Coordinates
- 51.80924, -2.04916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located approximately 1.5 meters south of the Church of St. John, dated 1692. It is made of limestone and features finely carved lyre ends, each adorned with a three-dimensional oval that has a scrolled border and a cherub's head with wings above it. The sides of the lyre ends are decorated with acanthus leaf carvings.
The tomb includes an oval inscription panel bordered to resemble bound cloth, with swags draped between the top of the panel and projecting rosettes in the upper corners. The panel is flanked by putti sitting on skulls, though the inscription itself is mostly illegible except for the date. On the north side, there is a plain recessed quatrefoil panel. The tomb has a thick cyma-moulded top and base. It is believed to be the memorial of a member of the Poole family, possibly Nathaniel Poole, who was a local cloth trader. This tomb is a very well-preserved example of high-quality craftsmanship.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximatley 1.5m South of Church of St John 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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