Jeremiah Jenkins Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St James, Circa 1 Metre North of the Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1988. Monument.
Jeremiah Jenkins Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St James, Circa 1 Metre North of the Church Tower
- WRENN ID
- distant-wall-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 085 109
- Coordinates
- 51.79706, -1.87675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jeremiah Jenkins monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St James, approximately 1 metre north of the church tower. It commemorates Jeremiah Jenkins, who died in 1761, and his wife Catherine, who died in 1786. The tomb is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth. On the north side, there is a sunken inscription plaque, which is flanked by fielded marginal panels. The tomb is topped with a capping that has a moulded margin and a moulded, hipped upper capping stone.
Local climate
Jeremiah Jenkins Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St James, Circa 1 Metre North of the Church Tower 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 lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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