Monument to Richard Ockold in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to Richard Ockold in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- dark-trefoil-saffron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 861 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83289, -2.20175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Richard Ockold is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 3 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from 1689 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with oval end panels and moulded recessed side panels that are flanked by scrolls. It has a complex moulded top and base. The south side is inscribed with the name Richard Ockold, who died in 1689. This monument is very well preserved and showcases an elegant design and execution for its time. It should not be confused with another monument to Richard Ockold located 1.5 meters to the south. The designs of the two Ockold monuments illustrate the transition from Jacobean to provincial Baroque chest tomb design.
Local climate
Monument to Richard Ockold in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle 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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