Long Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South East of Chancel to Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1986. Monument.
Long Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South East of Chancel to Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- tilted-entrance-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 735 960
- Coordinates
- 51.66297, -2.38339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 3 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St. Martin. It dates from 1775 and is made of limestone. The tomb is rectangular in shape and features gadrooned corner balusters and bolstered side panels. The ends and the south side are decorated with egg and dart motifs. It has a cyma moulded top, while the base is not visible as of September 1985. The south side is inscribed with the name JOHN LONG, who died in 1775.
Local climate
Long Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South East of Chancel to Church of St Martin receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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