William Harding Memorial Circa 5 Metres North of Main Doors to Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Memorial.
William Harding Memorial Circa 5 Metres North of Main Doors to Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- buried-bonework-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 756 992
- Coordinates
- 51.69142, -2.35316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Harding memorial, located approximately 5 meters north of the main doors to the Congregational Chapel, is a pedestal tomb dated 1793. It is made of limestone and features a moulded square base and a cruciform pedestal. The memorial has two faces adorned with floriated elliptical panels and two additional moulded elliptical panels. It includes a frieze that is partly fluted and a cornice, topped with a slightly domed weathered top. The inscription reads "WILLIAM HARDING, 1793." This memorial is notable as the only upright memorial remaining in the small yard on the north side of the chapel.
Local climate
William Harding Memorial Circa 5 Metres North of Main Doors to Congregational Chapel 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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