Monument to John Heywood in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metre North East of Dyer Monument to South of South Porch to Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to John Heywood in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metre North East of Dyer Monument to South of South Porch to Church of St Lawrence
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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 763 124
- Coordinates
- 51.80991, -2.34397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Heywood is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 0.5 meters northeast of the Dyer monument and to the south of the south porch of the Church of St Lawrence. It dates from 1736 and is made of limestone. The tomb is tall and rectangular, featuring gadrooned corner balusters and a cartouche in the rectangular recessed end panels. It has raised moulding on the large rectangular side inscription panels, a cyma moulded top, and a cavetto moulded base. The north side is inscribed with the name John Heywood, who died in 1736.
Local climate
Monument to John Heywood in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metre North East of Dyer Monument to South of South Porch to Church of St Lawrence 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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