Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North East of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North East of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- young-slate-furze
- 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
- 51.83317, -2.20139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dating from 1729, located in the churchyard approximately 4 meters northeast of the Taylor monument, north of the Church of St. Leonard. It is made of limestone and features lyre ends with a cartouche on the east side and a winged cherub's head on the mutilated west end. The rectangular side panels have ovolo moulding and are inscribed, with figures holding open books on the south side and holding the inscription panel frame on the north side. The top of the tomb is cavetto moulded, while the base is not visible. The south side is inscribed in memory of Esther, the wife of John, who died in 1729.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North East 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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