William Rogers, Thomas Rogers and Anthony Lawrence Monuments in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael in Row East of Path to South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1986. Monument.
William Rogers, Thomas Rogers and Anthony Lawrence Monuments in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael in Row East of Path to South Porch
- WRENN ID
- swift-oriel-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- William Rogers, Thomas Rogers and Anthony Lawrence Monuments in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael in Row East of Path to South Porch, Dowdeswell
- OS grid reference
- SP 001 199
- Coordinates
- 51.87768, -1.9996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monuments to William Rogers, Thomas Rogers, and Anthony Lawrence are located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael, positioned in a row east of the path leading to the south porch. The early 19th-century pedestal tomb for William Rogers is made of limestone and has a square plan with decorative brackets featuring foliate and cherubs' heads at each corner. Each side has sunken inscription panels with egg and dart mouldings. The inscriptions include William Rogers on the west side, Thomas Rogers of The Lower House, who died in 1872, on the south side, and Rebecca Lawrence, daughter of William Rogers, who died in 1800, on the north side. Below each inscription panel is a sunken rectangular panel with egg and dart mouldings and a festoon above each panel. The tomb is capped with a moulded pyramidal top featuring a pineapple finial.
To the south of this pedestal tomb is a chest tomb for Thomas Rogers, dating from the 17th century and also made of limestone. It has a fielded inscription panel on the south side within a raised margin, with similar panels on the north side and the east end. The corners are adorned with quarter balusters, and there is a winged hourglass at the west end, topped with thick capping that has a moulded margin.
Further south is the chest tomb for Anthony Lawrence, also from the 17th century and made of limestone. This tomb features fielded inscription panels on the sides and lyre-shaped ends, each decorated with a single plant motif. It is capped with thick moulding.
Local climate
William Rogers, Thomas Rogers and Anthony Lawrence Monuments in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael in Row East of Path to South Porch 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 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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