Sarah Need Ireland Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 1 Metre South of John Ireland Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. A Victorian Monument.
Sarah Need Ireland Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 1 Metre South of John Ireland Monument
- WRENN ID
- last-cornice-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SO 858 325
- Coordinates
- 51.99115, -2.20715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sarah Need Ireland monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary, approximately one metre south of the John Ireland monument. It commemorates Sarah Need Ireland, who died in 1848, along with other members of the Need Ireland family. The tomb is made of sandstone and is set on a rectangular base that rests on a stepped base, partly constructed of brick.
The design features a sarcophagus shape supported by ball feet. On the south side, there is a raised oval inscription plaque dedicated to Sarah, the wife of George Need Ireland, adorned with a swag above it. The north side has a similar inscription plaque, which includes palm leaf decoration above. At the east end of the tomb, there is a figure of a woman weeping over an urn, while the west end features a palm tree shading a fluted column draped in fabric. The capital of the column is broken off and lies beneath the tree. Additionally, there is an inscription to Caroline Need Ireland, the relict of George Need Ireland, on the rectangular base below the tomb. The upper part of the stepped base also includes a ledger for Sarah Ellis of Mitre Farm, who died in 1844.
Local climate
Sarah Need Ireland Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 1 Metre South of John Ireland 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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