Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Circa 2 1/2 Metres South of the Porch is a Grade II* listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Circa 2 1/2 Metres South of the Porch
- WRENN ID
- tilted-corridor-summer
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 904 294
- Coordinates
- 51.96373, -2.13971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, approximately 2.5 metres south of the porch. The tomb dates from the late 17th century to the early 18th century and is made of limestone.
On the south side, there is an oval brass plaque featuring a rhyming verse in italics that reflects on mortality and the legacy of the deceased. The plaque is surrounded by a raised margin adorned with bellflower decoration and a winged cherub's head at the top, flanked by swags. There are stylized skulls set in low engaged plinths on either side of the inscription. The south side of the tomb mirrors the north side but has lost its brass plaque.
The ends of the tomb are lyre-shaped, with foliate decoration on the sides. The west end features an hourglass, a skull, and another winged cherub's head. The east end has an oval plaque with a raised margin and bellflower decoration. The tomb is capped with a thick moulding that includes dentil decoration.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, Circa 2 1/2 Metres South of the Porch 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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