Blandford and Unidentified Monument About 12 Metres North of North East Corner of Nave in Churchyard of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1986. Churchyard, monument.
Blandford and Unidentified Monument About 12 Metres North of North East Corner of Nave in Churchyard of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-plaster-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1986
- Type
- Churchyard, monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 999 954
- Coordinates
- 51.65797, -2.00244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blandford and an unidentified monument are located about 12 meters north of the northeast corner of the nave in the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael. There are two chest tombs: one for Charles Blandford, who died in 1746, and another unidentified tomb, which dates to 1796. Both tombs are made of limestone. The Blandford tomb features a flat top with a moulded plinth and capping, and it has quarter baluster corners. Its sides display a large central panel with inscriptions and flanking strips, along with relief drapery in strips on the south side. At the time of the survey in June 1985, it was noted to be in very bad condition. The unidentified tomb has rounded projecting ends with recessed panels, a fielded panel on the south side, and a cartouche with cherub heads on the north side, flanked by relief strips. The plinth of this tomb was also beginning to break up at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Blandford and Unidentified Monument About 12 Metres North of North East Corner of Nave in Churchyard of Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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