Townsend Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5 Metres South of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Townsend Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5 Metres South of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- unlit-bailey-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 767 149
- Coordinates
- 51.8323, -2.33941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Townsend monument is a chest tomb located approximately 3.5 metres south of the Church of St. John. It dates from 1688 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends with a moulded inscription panel above a death's head, and a cherub's head above that. The sides have moulded inscription panels flanked by mourners. It has a cyma moulded top and base. The north side is inscribed with the name PHILIP TOWNSEND, who died in 1688.
Local climate
Townsend Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3.5 Metres South of Church of St John 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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