Abel Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre West of North Aisle to Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Pedestal tomb.
Abel Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre West of North Aisle to Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- plain-glass-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Pedestal tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 861 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83298, -2.2018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abel monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 1 metre west of the north aisle of the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from 1827 and is constructed with limestone sides and ends, and a sandstone top and lower base. The tomb is rectangular in shape, featuring reeded pilasters on the sides and fluted side-returns on the ends. It has raised side panels with quadrant corners, a cavetto moulded top, and a cyma moulded base. The north side is inscribed with the name JOHN ABELL, who died in 1827.
Local climate
Abel Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre West of North Aisle 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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