Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of Porch, Church of St Mary Magadalene is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Tomb.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of Porch, Church of St Mary Magadalene
- WRENN ID
- lone-porch-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 894 251
- Coordinates
- 51.92513, -2.15491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 1 metre east of the porch of the Church of St Mary Magdalene. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge, decorated with an egg and dart pattern on cyma moulding along the sides. The ends of the tomb are shaped like lyres, framing an oval design. At ground level, there is a plain chamfer plinth. The original inscription is illegible, but there is a later inscription on the east end.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of Porch, Church of St Mary Magadalene receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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