Stratton Monument, About 4 Metres South West of South West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of the Holy Rood is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Monument.
Stratton Monument, About 4 Metres South West of South West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of the Holy Rood
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-moulding-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 064 018
- Coordinates
- 51.71565, -1.90755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stratton Monument is a chest tomb located about 4 metres south-west of the south-west tower buttress in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Rood in Ampney Crucis. It commemorates Sarah Stratton, who died in 1803, making it the earliest decipherable tombstone in the area. The monument is made of limestone and features a stepped tent top with roll moulding along the top. It has a moulded plinth and capping on a raised base, with plain recessed side and end panels, and small flanking strips on the side panels.
Local climate
Stratton Monument, About 4 Metres South West of South West Tower Buttress in Churchyard of Church of the Holy Rood receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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