William Skuce Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1987. Tomb.
William Skuce Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sombre-brass-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 118 064
- Coordinates
- 51.75688, -1.83007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Skuce monument is a bale tomb located in the churchyard approximately 15 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary. It dates from 1724 and 1774 and is made of limestone. The tomb is rectangular and features corner pilasters, an elaborately bordered inscription panel on the north side, and an oval panel on the south side. The west end displays an open book surmounted by two heads, while the east end has an oval cartouche. The base is cyma moulded, and the top is plainly shaped. Although the bale is somewhat eroded, it retains a fielded panel design. The west end has decayed, and there is a winged hourglass on the east side. The monument is inscribed to William Skuce, who died in 1774.
Local climate
William Skuce Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Mary 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 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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