Monument with railings to Warren Hastings in the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter circa 1 metre east of east end of chancel is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Monument.
Monument with railings to Warren Hastings in the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter circa 1 metre east of east end of chancel
- WRENN ID
- eastward-landing-tallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 243 258
- Coordinates
- 51.93102, -1.64779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument with railings dedicated to Warren Hastings, located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter, approximately 1 metre east of the east end of the chancel. The monument commemorates Warren Hastings, who died in 1818. It is made of coadestone and features a square plinth with inset corners. There is a projecting band adorned with Vitruvian scroll decoration in relief around the upper margin. At the top, a large urn is placed, which has a raised plaque on the south side inscribed with "WARREN HASTINGS." The urn is also decorated with a band of foliate relief around its top. The monument is surrounded by cast iron railings and is noted as an unusually fine example of coadestone use.
Local climate
Monument with railings to Warren Hastings in the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter circa 1 metre east of east end of chancel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% 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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