Two Holder Monuments, About 6m South East of South Porch in Churchyard of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1986. Tomb.
Two Holder Monuments, About 6m South East of South Porch in Churchyard of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- broken-spindle-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Two Holder Monuments, About 6m South East of South Porch in Churchyard of Church of St James, Church Lane, Fretherne with Saul
- OS grid reference
- SO 749 093
- Coordinates
- 51.78188, -2.36506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two Holder Monuments, located about 6 meters southeast of the south porch in the churchyard of the Church of St James, consist of two chest tombs. The southern tomb commemorates Samuel Holder (senior), who died in 1732, while the northern tomb is for Samuel Holder (junior), who died in 1746. Both tombs are made of limestone and feature flat tops with cyma-moulded plinths and cappings on bases with lyre ends. The tomb of Holder senior has a rectangular moulded side panel on the south and a cartouche on the north side, both inscribed, along with elaborately carved lyre ends that include cherubs' heads, an hourglass, and other decorative elements. The tomb of Holder junior is similar but arranged in reverse. At the time of the survey in December 1985, both tombs showed significant erosion at the east end.
Local climate
Two Holder Monuments, About 6m South East of South Porch in Churchyard of Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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