Smith Monunent in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North of North Chapel to Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Smith Monunent in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North of North Chapel to Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-courtyard-rye
- 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
- 51.81027, -2.30075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 4 meters north of the north chapel of the Church of St. Nicholas. It dates from 1675 and is made of limestone. The tomb features lyre ends, with a cartouche on the east side and a figure holding an open book on the west side. There are recessed rectangular inscription panels on the sides, framed by elaborate carvings. The north side has flanking panels with busts of mourners, while the south side displays figures in niches holding scarves, along with a death's head below. The top of the tomb is thick, chamfered, and cyma moulded, and it also has a cyma moulded base. The south side is inscribed with the name of Thomas Smith, who died in 1675.
Local climate
Smith Monunent in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North of North Chapel to 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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