Davis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Davis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- former-flue-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 862 149
- Coordinates
- 51.8332, -2.20147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Davis monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 6 metres north of the Taylor monument and to the north of the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from 1709 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends and has moulded rectangular side panels adorned with floral scrolls. The top is cavetto moulded, while the base is not visible as of March 1985. The south side of the monument is inscribed in memory of Thomas Davis, who died in 1709.
Local climate
Davis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of 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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