Edward Palmer Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael Circa 4 Metres South of Nave is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Chest tomb.
Edward Palmer Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael Circa 4 Metres South of Nave
- WRENN ID
- tilted-stone-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 079 138
- Coordinates
- 51.82344, -1.88651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edward Palmer monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael, approximately 4 metres south of the nave. It commemorates Edward Palmer, the son of Robert and Alice Palmer, who died in 1740, along with other members of the Palmer family. The tomb features a moulded plinth and sunken inscription panels with moulded margins on the north and south sides. There are similar marginal panels, but the inscriptions are mostly illegible, with the date 1736 visible on the south side. The north and south ends also have illegible inscriptions. The tomb is capped with a thick stone that has a moulded margin, topped by a moulded capping stone.
Local climate
Edward Palmer Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael Circa 4 Metres South of Nave 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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