Biddle Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel to Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. A C18 Monument.
Biddle Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel to Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- grim-gable-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 837 104
- Coordinates
- 51.79212, -2.2371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Biddle monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard approximately 4 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. John. It dates from 1780 and is made of limestone with a sandstone top and base. The tomb has a square shape with circular ends and features a richly fluted frieze and a dentil course. On the west end, there is a funereal urn, while the east end displays a ribbon bow and a large floral drop. The sides have circular panels, with the south panel featuring a raised rope border and ribbon bows in the spandrels, and the north side adorned with raised moulding and foliage branches draped over. The top and base are also moulded. The north side is inscribed with the name JOHN BIDDLE, who died in 1780.
Local climate
Biddle Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel to Church of St John 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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