Hawkins Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres South of South Porch to Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Hawkins Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres South of South Porch to 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 767 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83228, -2.33936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hawkins Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 4 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. John. It dates from 1719 and is made of limestone. The tomb has lyre ends, featuring a head over an open book on the east side and a head over a Baroque cartouche on the west side. The sides of the tomb include moulded inscription panels that are flanked by mourners holding open books. It has a cyma moulded top and a cavetto moulded base. While most inscriptions are illegible, one is dedicated to ---- Hawkins on the south side.
Local climate
Hawkins Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres South of South Porch to 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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