Group of 40 Headstones in the Churchyard in Sector South of Nave to Church of St John Between Church and South Boundary is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Headstones.
Group of 40 Headstones in the Churchyard in Sector South of Nave to Church of St John Between Church and South Boundary
- WRENN ID
- riven-banister-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Group of 40 Headstones in the Churchyard in Sector South of Nave to Church of St John Between Church and South Boundary, Elmore
- OS grid reference
- SO 767 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83224, -2.33938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of 40 headstones located in the churchyard south of the nave of the Church of St. John, situated between the church and the southern boundary. The headstones date from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a few from the early 19th century. They are made of limestone and sandstone and are mostly arranged in rows. The collection includes a large number of finely carved headstones featuring a wide variety of designs, with many of the 17th-century examples being well preserved. There is also a group of contemporary chest and pedestal tombs that are listed separately.
Local climate
Group of 40 Headstones in the Churchyard in Sector South of Nave to Church of St John Between Church and South Boundary 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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