Wells Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres East of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Wells Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres East of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- muted-pavement-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 807 141
- Coordinates
- 51.82586, -2.28088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wells monument, located in the churchyard approximately 6 meters east of the Church of St. James, is a chest tomb dated 1730/31. It is made of limestone and features lyre ends with a late 18th-century inscription on the east end. The rectangular side panels have bolection mouldings and are adorned with floral drops on the north side and tripod-mounted flaming urns on the south side. The top of the tomb is cavetto moulded, while the base is cyma moulded. The north side is inscribed in memory of William Wells, who died in 1730/31.
Local climate
Wells Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres East of Church of St James receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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