Yealfe Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres South West of South Porch to Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Yealfe Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres South West of South Porch to Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- sharp-remnant-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 763 124
- Coordinates
- 51.80992, -2.34406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Yealfe monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 6 meters south-west of the south porch of the Church of St. Lawrence. It dates from 1695 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with an oval cartouche at each end and has a richly carved border around rectangular side inscription panels, which are flanked by hooded mourners holding wreaths. It has a bolection moulded top and a cavetto moulded base. The inscription on the south side commemorates Esther, the daughter of Richard Yealfe, who died in 1695.
Local climate
Yealfe Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres South West of South Porch to Church of St Lawrence 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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