Monument to Sarah Howsen in the Churchyard Approximately 2 Metres West of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to Sarah Howsen in the Churchyard Approximately 2 Metres West of 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
- 51.81001, -2.34428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Sarah Howsen, located in the churchyard approximately 2 meters west of the Church of St. Lawrence. It dates from 1728 and is made of limestone. The west end features a lyre shape with three winged cherub's heads, while the east end has an oval cartouche. The sides of the tomb are currently detached; the side beneath the top has a swag inscription panel flanked by poppy and cross-bone trophies, and the side leaning to the north has a bolection moulded rectangular inscription panel with bow drops on either side. The top has a cavetto moulding, and the base is not visible as of March 1985. The inscription on the side beneath the top commemorates Sarah, the wife of John Howsen, who died in 1728.
Local climate
Monument to Sarah Howsen in the Churchyard Approximately 2 Metres West of 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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