Twelve Monuments in Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 1 Metre South of the South Transept is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Monuments.
Twelve Monuments in Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 1 Metre South of the South Transept
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-fireplace-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SP 195 171
- Coordinates
- 51.85254, -1.71795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The twelve monuments in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, located about one metre south of the south transept, date from the late 18th century to the early 19th century and are mostly made of limestone. From left to right, the headstones include: a) a headstone for Emma Blower, who died in 1818, featuring a plain segmental head; b) a headstone for Robert Cambray, who died in 1810, adorned with a winged angel's head and foliate scrollwork; c) a trefoil-headed sandstone headstone for Priscilla Cambray, who died in 1854, and Robert Cambray, who died in 1857; d) a plain headstone for John Wilkes, who died in 1781; e) a tall segmental-headed headstone for Thomas Cambray, which has an eroded inscription and shallowly carved decoration; f) a headstone for Thomas Cambray, who died in 1799, featuring a winged angel and foliate scrollwork in bold relief; g) a plain headstone for Richard Matthew, who died in 1806; and h) five 18th-century headstones, each topped with a winged angel's head. This row of monuments is part of a larger group situated beside the churchyard path.
Local climate
Twelve Monuments in Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 1 Metre South of the South Transept receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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