Ravenhill Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7 Metres North of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Ravenhill Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7 Metres North of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
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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 767 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83258, -2.33912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ravenhill monument is a pedestal tomb located approximately 7 meters north of the Church of St. John. It dates from 1838 and is made of sandstone. The tomb features a Doric frieze on the ends with a raised panel below; the east side is square while the west side is circular. On the north side, there is a large raised circular panel with paterae in the spandrels, and on the south side, there is a large rectangular panel with quadrant corners and paterae. The monument has a moulded top with rectangular domical coping above and a cyma moulded base. The north side is inscribed with the name WILLIAM RAVENHILL, who died in 1838.
Local climate
Ravenhill Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7 Metres North of Church of St John 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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