Atkyns Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1.5 Metres North of Smith Monument to East of North Chapel to Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Atkyns Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1.5 Metres North of Smith Monument to East of North Chapel to Church of St Leonard
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- 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
- 51.83299, -2.20133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Atkyns monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of St. Leonard's Church, approximately 1.5 meters north of the Smith monument and to the east of the north chapel. It dates from 1670 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with moulded ovals, although the eastern side is mutilated. It has moulded rectangular side inscription panels that are flanked by scrolls, and a complex moulded top with a cyma moulded base. The south side is inscribed with the name of Thomas Atkyns, who died in 1670.
Local climate
Atkyns Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1.5 Metres North of Smith Monument to East of North Chapel 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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