Wane monument, about 3.7m west of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. A C18 Monument.

Wane monument, about 3.7m west of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church

WRENN ID
fading-keep-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Monument
Address
Wane monument, about 3.7m west of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church, Milton Street
OS grid reference
SP 149 009
Coordinates
51.70706, -1.78534
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wane monument is a chest tomb located about 3.7 meters west of the main door in the grounds of Fairford United Church. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a stepped tent top with a curved upper section and roll moulding, along with gadrooned capping and a moulded plinth resting on a plain base. The sides and ends are plain, and the frieze is also unadorned. The earliest inscription on the tomb is for Jonathan Wane, who died in 1744, located on the west side, followed by John Wane, who died in 1761, and Mary Wane, who died in 1821, on the east side. The north side bears the inscription for William Wane, who died in 1857. The monument is positioned to the west of the main approach path to the Chapel and measures approximately 1,510 millimeters long, 1,030 millimeters wide, and about 1,200 millimeters high.

Local climate

Wane monument, about 3.7m west of main door in grounds of Fairford United Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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