Robert Smith Monument Approximately 15 Metres East of Banaster Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1994. Monument.
Robert Smith Monument Approximately 15 Metres East of Banaster Monument
- WRENN ID
- tattered-minaret-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1994
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 889 324
- Coordinates
- 51.99015, -2.16174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robert Smith monument is a chest tomb located approximately 15 metres east of the Banaster monument in Tewkesbury's Abbey Churchyard. It dates from 1780 and is made of sandstone. The tomb features a flat ledger with moulded edges, raised panels on the long sides, and recessed end panels that include a moulded frieze and base, all set on a moulded base. There are remains of carved decorative drops at the ends. The inscription is clear, although it is spalling away at the bottom of the panel.
Local climate
Robert Smith Monument Approximately 15 Metres East of Banaster Monument receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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