Monument to John Howsen in the Churchyard Approximately 2 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to John Howsen in the Churchyard Approximately 2 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- grey-tower-sepia
- 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
- 51.80997, -2.34424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Howsen is a chest tomb located approximately 2 meters southwest of the Church of St. Lawrence in Longney Village. It dates from the 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with oval panels, a winged death's head on the east side, and a winged cherub's head on the west side. The sides have moulded rectangular inscription panels, with fronds on the south side and floral bow drops on the north side. The top of the tomb is cavetto moulded, and the base is cyma moulded. The north side is inscribed with the name John Howsen, who died in the 18th century.
Local climate
Monument to John Howsen in the Churchyard Approximately 2 Metres South West of 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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