Waldron Monument Approximately 15 Metres North of Central Buttress to Abbey Nave is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1994. Monument.
Waldron Monument Approximately 15 Metres North of Central Buttress to Abbey Nave
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-threshold-fen
- 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 890 324
- Coordinates
- 51.99046, -2.16106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Waldron Monument, located approximately 15 metres north of the central buttress to the Abbey nave in Tewkesbury, is a square altar tomb dedicated to John Waldron of Clifton near Bristol, who died in 1816. It is made of sandstone and features a hollow-sided pyramid capping on a flat top with moulded edges. The tomb has a frieze with raised panels and a moulded base, all set on a platform.
Local climate
Waldron Monument Approximately 15 Metres North of Central Buttress to Abbey Nave 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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