Baylis Monument and Two Dipper Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Circa 10 Metres North of Nave is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. A C18 Monument.
Baylis Monument and Two Dipper Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Circa 10 Metres North of Nave
- WRENN ID
- upper-cellar-candle
- 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 840 285
- Coordinates
- 51.95539, -2.23397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard of the Church of St Michael contains three monuments: two chest tombs and a pedestal tomb. The chest tomb closest to the nave commemorates Sarah Dipper, wife of Joseph Dipper, who died in 1732 and is constructed of sandstone. The south-facing inscription panel is now eroded, although rosettes are visible towards the lower corners. There is an oval inscription panel at the west end and a raised oval inscription panel at the east end, both with eroded inscriptions. The tomb was formerly enclosed by cast iron railings.
Approximately 0.75 metres north of this tomb is a pedestal tomb commemorating John Dipper, who died in 1880, and other family members. It is also made of sandstone, with a square plan and inset corners. The plinth has a moulded capping. A principal inscription is on the west side, featuring a raised circular panel with winged cherubs at the upper right and left corners, a small winged angel and lighted lamp motif in the centre, palm leaf fronds lower right and left, and bursting pod decoration on either side. An inscription to Joshua Dipper and the children of John and Sarah Dipper is on the north face, with rosettes at the corners. A circular raised inscription plaque with an illegible inscription and a festoon above is on the east side, similarly decorated with rosettes. A rectangular inscription panel on the south side has rosettes at each corner. A fluted frieze with egg and dart moulding runs along the top of each inscription panel, and the capping is pyramidal.
Approximately 0.5 metres north of the pedestal tomb is a further chest tomb commemorating Edward Baylis, who died in 1772, constructed of limestone. It has a plinth with a moulded capping. A raised rectangular, fielded inscription panel is on the south face, with bead and reel and egg and dart moulding around the edge. A rectangular inscription panel is on the north side, with quadrant corners, with egg and dart moulding above. Fluted marginal panels are set back to the right and left. An oval inscription panel at the east end has an illegible inscription within a cable-mounted surround, with egg and dart moulding above and guilloche decoration below, and the capping has a moulded margin.
Local climate
Baylis Monument and Two Dipper Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Circa 10 Metres North of 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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