Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7 Metres North of Vestry to Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1986. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7 Metres North of Vestry to Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- ragged-arch-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 735 961
- Coordinates
- 51.66317, -2.38343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 7 meters north of the vestry of the Church of St. Martin, dating from the mid-18th century. It is made of limestone and features lyre ends with oval panels on the ends. The south side has a recessed rectangular panel that is flanked by floral drops, while the north side displays three fielded panels. The tomb has a rounded top with cavetto moulding, and the base is not visible. As of September 1985, the inscriptions on the tomb are illegible.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 7 Metres North of Vestry to Church of St Martin receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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