Elliot Monument in Churchyard, About 2 1/2 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Tomb.
Elliot Monument in Churchyard, About 2 1/2 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- white-kitchen-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 713 196
- Coordinates
- 51.8743, -2.41756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elliot Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 2.5 meters east of the southeast corner of the chancel of the Church of St. John the Baptist. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of stone. The tomb features a weathered top with a heavy projecting moulding along the edge. It has quarter-square corner balusters and raised moulded panels on the sides and the west end for inscriptions. The east end is adorned with a carving of an urn with scroll handles. The monument commemorates Hester, the wife of Thomas Elliott, who died in 1777, Thomas Elliott himself, who died in 1803, and several others, with the latest inscription dating to 1852.
Local climate
Elliot Monument in Churchyard, About 2 1/2 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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