Ann Booth Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Martin Circa 1 and 1/2 Metres South of the Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Tomb.
Ann Booth Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Martin Circa 1 and 1/2 Metres South of the Chancel
- WRENN ID
- outer-jade-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 961 302
- Coordinates
- 51.97054, -2.05795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ann Booth monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Martin, approximately 1.5 metres south of the chancel. It commemorates Ann Booth, the widow of John Booth, who died in 1727, as well as other family members, with an inscription that may date to 1717. The tomb is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth.
On the south side, there is a raised oval inscription panel adorned with a finely carved swag that has rope ties at each corner. The north side has a similar inscription panel and decoration. The ends of the tomb are lyre-shaped, with large hanging bellflower decorations on the sides. The east end has a raised oval boss that shows traces of an inscription, along with a cherub's head flanked by foliate scrollwork. The opposite end has a similar oval panel. The tomb is topped with a thick capping that has a moulded edge.
Local climate
Ann Booth Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Martin Circa 1 and 1/2 Metres South of the Chancel receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Group of 4 Hardaker and Booth Monuments Approximately 1 Metre East of East Wall of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- 2 Boardman Monument South of Apse at East End of Church of St Ann
- 3 Joseph Booth Memorial and railings approximately 4 metres south of the chancel of Church of St. Luke
- 4 Tomb of Charles Booth, Approx.12m. North of Nave of the Church of St Andrew
- 5 Walker Monument, About 1 1/2 Metres South West of Andrews Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Lawrence
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings