Unidentified Monument, Immediately South of South Chapel in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument.
Unidentified Monument, Immediately South of South Chapel in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- eastward-brick-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Unidentified Monument, Immediately South of South Chapel in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence, Market Place, Lechlade
- OS grid reference
- SU 215 994
- Coordinates
- 51.6938, -1.69029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a large chest tomb located immediately south of the south chapel in the churchyard of the Church of St. Lawrence. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and capping on a plain base that is set on a larger base, which was formerly enclosed by railings.
The fluted frieze has projecting pilasters at each corner. The ends of the tomb have vertical oval panels surrounded by carved foliage and flanking fluted pilasters. The south side displays a horizontal oval with an elaborately carved cherub and foliage spandrels, accompanied by high relief pilasters. In contrast, the north side has an incised horizontal oval with plain flanking pilasters, although both pilasters are missing at the northwest corner.
The tomb is topped with a large three-step pyramidal cap that rises to a carved finial, which is partially missing. Overall, the monument has suffered considerable erosion and cracking, and all inscriptions have been obliterated.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument, Immediately South of South Chapel in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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