Josiah Dyer Monument Circa 17 Metres East of North Aisle in the Churchyard of the Church of St Oswald is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Monument.

Josiah Dyer Monument Circa 17 Metres East of North Aisle in the Churchyard of the Church of St Oswald

WRENN ID
hallowed-mortar-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1986
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SP 059 165
Coordinates
51.84785, -1.91485
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Josiah Dyer monument is a chest tomb located approximately 17 meters east of the north aisle in the churchyard of the Church of St. Oswald in Compton Abdale Village. It commemorates Josiah Dyer, who died in 1794, his wife Hester, who died in 1832, and their son Josiah, who died in 1795. The monument features inscription plaques and a plinth made of red sandstone, while the rest is constructed from grey sandstone. The moulded plinth supports a raised inscription plaque for Josiah Dyer, which has a moulded margin, quadrant corners, and rosettes on the north side. On the south side, there is a sunken fielded inscription panel for Hester Dyer, adorned with a segmental head and roundels. The west end displays an eroded inscription with a stylized swag above it, and a similar inscription plaque at the east end also features a stylized swag. The tomb is capped with a moulded margin.

Local climate

Josiah Dyer Monument Circa 17 Metres East of North Aisle in the Churchyard of the Church of St Oswald 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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