Thomas Cartwright Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Monument.
Thomas Cartwright Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- ruined-window-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Thomas Cartwright Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Stoke Orchard
- OS grid reference
- SO 904 294
- Coordinates
- 51.96373, -2.13978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Cartwright monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist. It dates from the 17th century and is made of limestone. The tomb measures approximately 2.25 meters in length and features a hollow-chamfered plinth. On the north side, there are two sunken basket-headed inscription plaques with carved spandrels, although the inscriptions on both panels are now illegible. The left-hand inscription is in italics and commemorates Thomas Cartwright, who died in 1706, and Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Cartmel, who died in 1723. The right-hand inscription also in italics is dedicated to Thomas Cartwright, who died in 1724, and another Thomas Cartwright, who died in 1726.
Local climate
Thomas Cartwright Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist 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.
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