Hopkins Memorial, Circa 10 Metres Due South of East End of Chancel, at Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. A C18 Memorial.
Hopkins Memorial, Circa 10 Metres Due South of East End of Chancel, at Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- sheer-ashlar-meadow
- 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 791 985
- Coordinates
- 51.68537, -2.30319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hopkins memorial is a chest tomb located approximately 10 meters south of the east end of the chancel at the Church of St. Giles. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of sandstone. The tomb features a thin moulded top and a cavetto base set on a plinth and stylobate, which was formerly enclosed by railings. The ends of the tomb have a frieze and base with fluted pilaster returns, relief carved urns, and elliptical panels with palm or rosette corners. The memorial commemorates an individual named Hopkins, with the date 1782 inscribed on it.
Local climate
Hopkins Memorial, Circa 10 Metres Due South of East End of Chancel, at Church of St Giles 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 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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