Ricketts Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 1/2 Metres South of Porch to Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. A C19 Monument.
Ricketts Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 1/2 Metres South of Porch to Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- sheer-attic-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 970 078
- Coordinates
- 51.7696, -2.04378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ricketts Monument is a 19th-century pedestal tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 1.5 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Peter in Duntisbourne Abbots. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with recessed fielded inscription panels. The tomb has a moulded base and a cavetto moulded top that is capped with a cyma moulding. The south side of the monument is inscribed to Edward Ricketts, who died in 1801, while the north side bears inscriptions for Mary Ricketts, who died in 1826; Sarah Ricketts, who died in 1841; and John Ricketts, who died in 1851.
Local climate
Ricketts Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 1/2 Metres South of Porch to Church of St Peter 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 greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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