Monument to Mary Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metres North of Monument to John Kemble to North of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Pedestal tomb.
Monument to Mary Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metres North of Monument to John Kemble to North of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- haunted-bracket-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Pedestal tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 862 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83328, -2.20137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Mary Kemble is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 0.5 meters north of the monument to John Kemble, near the Church of St Leonard. It dates from 1793 and is made of limestone. The tomb is rectangular in shape and features an egg and dart moulded frieze on the ends, with crossed palms below an open book on the east side and two cherub's heads beneath a coronet with a sunburst on the west side. The south side has a recessed egg and dart moulded panel, while the north side displays a projecting egg and dart moulded panel with quadrant corners and paterae. It has a hollow moulded top and a cyma moulded base. The south side is inscribed with the name Mary Kemble, who died in 1793.
Local climate
Monument to Mary Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metres North of Monument to John Kemble to North of 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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