Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 April 2014. Headstone.
Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-span-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 April 2014
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SO 858 177
- Coordinates
- 51.85819, -2.20652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone to Elizabeth Baylis is located approximately 20 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence. Dated 1635, it is made of sandstone and features a shaped top with cusped and scrolled carvings, although the scroll on the left-hand side is no longer present. The recessed inscription panel reads: “MORS VITA/HERE LYETH/THE BODY OF ELIZA/BETH WIFE OF THOMAS/BAYLIS SHE DIED DE:18/1635 non habemus hic/civitarem manentem sed/futuram ???imus 13:14.”
Local climate
Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence 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 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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