Monument to Reverend Ralph Bourne Baker in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Circa 6 Metres North of North Aisle is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Monument.
Monument to Reverend Ralph Bourne Baker in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Circa 6 Metres North of North Aisle
- WRENN ID
- solitary-sill-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 826 275
- Coordinates
- 51.94633, -2.25433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Reverend Ralph Bourne Baker is located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary, approximately 6 metres north of the north aisle. It is a chest tomb dedicated to Reverend Ralph Bourne Baker of Hasfield Court, who died in 1875, as well as other members of the Baker family. The tomb features a stepped plinth and its sides are divided into three panels adorned with blind cusped decoration. There is a heraldic shield at the left-hand end. The tomb is capped with a hipped top that has intertwined wheat and vine decoration around its lower part. A railing surrounds the tomb, supported by small square blocks, which also feature blind tracery.
Local climate
Monument to Reverend Ralph Bourne Baker in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Circa 6 Metres North of North Aisle receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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