Hopkins Monument,About 0.5m West of Gastrell Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Hopkins Monument,About 0.5m West of Gastrell Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- second-barrel-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Hopkins Monument,About 0.5m West of Gastrell Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, Berkeley
- OS grid reference
- ST 684 990
- Coordinates
- 51.68952, -2.45787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hopkins Monument is a chest tomb located about 0.5 meters west of the Gastrell monument in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. It commemorates John Hopkins, who died in 1790 or possibly 1793. The tomb is made of limestone and features a flat top with a moulded plinth and capping on its base. It has indented corners, and the ends are adorned with fluted returns and a ball frieze. The eastern end displays an urn and foliage, while the western end features a figure of a lady leaning on a pillar. The sides of the tomb are decorated with large raised ovals and large rosettes in the spandrels.
Local climate
Hopkins Monument,About 0.5m West of Gastrell Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Gastrell Monument,About 12.5m North of Tayler Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Unidentified Monument,About 1m South of Hopkins Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Group of 3 Unidentified Monuments,About 4m North of Taylor Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 2 Unidentified Monuments,About 5m North-West of Tayler Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Watts Monument,About 24m North of North Porch Door in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 2 Unidentified Monuments,About 2m North of Watts Monument in Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin
- Unidentified Monument,About 22m North of North Porch Door in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Unidentified Monument,About 6m North of Pick Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Neale Monument,About 5m North of Smith Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Tayler Monument,About 6.5m North-East of Pick Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin