Monument to Richard Knowles in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres East of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to Richard Knowles in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres East of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- haunted-chalk-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 767 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83246, -2.33901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Richard Knowles, located approximately 4 meters east of the Church of St. John. It dates from 1766 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre-ended design, with the west end displaying an armorial cartouche topped with a head. The central oval panel on the east side is inscribed with an hour-glass and flanked by the initials R. K., with a death's head above and the date below. The sides of the tomb have central recessed and moulded rectangular inscription panels, which are flanked by floral drops. It has a cyma moulded top and base, and the north side is inscribed to Richard Knowles, who died in 1766.
Local climate
Monument to Richard Knowles in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres East 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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