John Edmonds monument, about 6.5m north of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Monument.
John Edmonds monument, about 6.5m north of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church
- WRENN ID
- sunken-pewter-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- John Edmonds monument, about 6.5m north of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church, Milton Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 149 009
- Coordinates
- 51.70711, -1.78525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Edmonds monument is a pedestal tomb located about 6.5 meters north of the main door in the grounds of Fairford United Church. It dates from the mid-18th century and is associated with the Edmonds family. The monument is made of limestone and has a square shape, featuring a badly broken moulded cap, a moulded plinth and capping, a fluted frieze, and quarter baluster corners. There is low relief carving on the panels, which includes the name John Edmonds with the date 1740 on the west side, John with the date 1791 (possibly) on the south side, and ------- Darby with the date 1837 (possibly) on the east side. The monument measures approximately 1,200 millimeters by 1,200 millimeters and stands about 1,680 millimeters high.
Local climate
John Edmonds monument, about 6.5m north of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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