Grimes Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 2.5 Metres East of Chancel to Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Grimes Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 2.5 Metres East of Chancel to Church of St Leonard
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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 862 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83291, -2.20131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grimes monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 2.5 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from 1740 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with moulded rectangular panels at each end. The sides have bolection moulded inscription panels, which are flanked by panels adorned with ribbon bows on the north side and flowers in round-ended panels on the south side. The top and base of the monument are cyma moulded. The north side is inscribed in memory of Robert Grimes, who died in 1740.
Local climate
Grimes Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 2.5 Metres East of Chancel to 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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- 2 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1.5 Metres North East of Higgs Monument to West of Church of St Leonard
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