Minchin Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres North of Wells Monument to East of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Minchin Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres North of Wells Monument to East of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- pale-terrace-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 807 141
- Coordinates
- 51.82594, -2.28089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Minchin monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 5 meters north of the Wells monument and to the east of the Church of St. James. It dates from 1756 and is made of limestone. The tomb is tall and rectangular, featuring bow-ends and gadrooned corner balusters. Each end has a recessed beaded panel, with five cherub's heads arranged around a sun-burst on the west side and a military trophy with a central open book on the east side. The side panels have cartouches in recessed moulding, with two cherub's heads under a shroud on the south side. The top is hollow moulded, and it sits on a cyma moulded plinth. Although the inscriptions are illegible, the decoration is richly modeled. It is recorded as being inscribed to Christopher Minchin, who died in 1756.
Local climate
Minchin Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres North of Wells Monument to 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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