David Ansell Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 8 Metres North East of the Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Monument.
David Ansell Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 8 Metres North East of the Chancel
- WRENN ID
- small-baluster-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 195 171
- Coordinates
- 51.85255, -1.71783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The David Ansell monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, approximately 8 meters northeast of the chancel. It commemorates David Ansell, who died in 1803. The tomb is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth. On the north side, there is a sunken inscription plaque bordered by fluted marginal panels. The south side has a fielded plain inscription plaque, also flanked by fluted marginal panels. The monument is topped with a moulded capping that includes stepped and hipped upper capping stones.
Local climate
David Ansell Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist Circa 8 Metres North East of the Chancel 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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