Monument to John Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 12 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Monument to John Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 12 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St Leonard
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 862 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83326, -2.20138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Kemble is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard approximately 12 metres north of the Taylor monument, near the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from 1829 and is constructed of sandstone with a limestone panel. The tomb has a square shape with inset sides, and the limestone panel on the south features a portrait of a woman mourner next to an urn. It includes a moulded frieze with a projecting moulded cornice and flat-topped coping, as well as a moulded plinth. The west side is inscribed with the name JOHN KEMBLE, who died in 1829.
Local climate
Monument to John Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 12 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of 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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