Beach Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North of Marten Monument to North of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Beach Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North of Marten Monument to North of Church of St Nicholas
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 793 124
- Coordinates
- 51.81029, -2.30087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beach monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 4 meters north of the Marten monument and to the north of the Church of St. Nicholas. It was created in 1808 by John Pearce of Frampton and is made of sandstone. The tomb is rectangular and features large raised circular inscription panels on the sides, adorned with foliage in the spandrels. It has a fluted frieze at the ends, with a blank raised oval panel on the west side. The east end displays a relief carving of a mourning woman sitting under a tree in a curved recess. The monument has a moulded top and a cyma moulded plinth. The south side is inscribed with the name JOSEPH BEACH, who died in 1808.
Local climate
Beach Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North of Marten Monument to North of Church of St Nicholas 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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