Gloucester and Sperry Monuments, in the Churchyard, About 4m South of West Bay of South Aisle, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Gloucester and Sperry Monuments, in the Churchyard, About 4m South of West Bay of South Aisle, Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
woven-tower-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tewkesbury
Constituency
Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Gloucester and Sperry Monuments, in the Churchyard, About 4m South of West Bay of South Aisle, Church of St Michael, Buckland
OS grid reference
SP 081 359
Coordinates
52.02231, -1.88241
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gloucester and Sperry monuments are chest tombs located in the churchyard, about 4 meters south of the west bay of the south aisle of the Church of St Michael. They are possibly from the late 17th century, with a date of 1810. The tomb for Thomas Gloucester, also known as Warkinan, features a weathered lid with a moulded edge and plain sides, framed ribs at the ends. The east end has a semi-circular headed recess with impost blocks, a keystone, sunk spandrels, and leaf decoration on each side. Inside the recess is a cherub's head, along with palm fronds and crossed bones. The west end is obscured by ivy but likely has paired arches with carved decoration in the head. There are later inscriptions, with dates from 1674 and 1676 on the north side. The shorter chest tomb for Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Sperry, has a flat lid with a moulded edge and slight indentations at the corners on the long sides. Its sides feature raised moulding, scalloped corners with paterae, and a swelling center. The ends have wide pilasters and an eared rectangular panel on the stem with raised moulding and gadrooning below, along with fluted returns to the sides and a moulded base. Other inscriptions are also present.

Local climate

Gloucester and Sperry Monuments, in the Churchyard, About 4m South of West Bay of South Aisle, Church of St Michael receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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