Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre South of Biddle Monument to South of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre South of Biddle Monument to South of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- twisted-keep-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 837 104
- Coordinates
- 51.79211, -2.23708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 1 meter south of the Biddle monument and to the south of the Church of St. John. The tomb is made of limestone and has a rectangular shape with baluster-shaped ends. The east side features a cartouche, while the west side displays two winged cherub's heads. On the north side, there is a moulded inscription panel that is flanked by moulded panels with ribbon bows. The south side has a panel that is flanked by scroll panels. The tomb has a cyma moulded top and a cyma base, but the inscriptions are illegible.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre South of Biddle Monument to South of 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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