Smith Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres East of North Chapel to Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Smith Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres East of North Chapel to Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- dusted-plaster-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 862 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83296, -2.20135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument is a chest tomb located approximately 3 metres east of the north chapel of the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from 1745 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with moulded rectangular panels on each end. The central side has fielded inscription panels, which are flanked by narrow fielded panels on the south side and recessed cyma moulded panels with flower drops on the north side. It has a cyma moulded top and base. The north side is inscribed with the name Thomas Smith, who died in 1745.
Local climate
Smith Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres East of North Chapel to Church of St Leonard receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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