Six Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St George 6 to 10 Metres South of the Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1987. A C18 Monuments.
Six Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St George 6 to 10 Metres South of the Chancel
- WRENN ID
- high-keystone-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SO 890 170
- Coordinates
- 51.85168, -2.15975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are six monuments located in the churchyard of the Church of St George, positioned 6 to 10 metres south of the chancel. This group includes four headstones, one pedestal tomb, and one chest tomb.
The row of four headstones is made of limestone. The headstones closest to the chancel have no legible inscriptions but feature finely carved cartouche-like surrounds in bold relief. One headstone on the right has a raised inscription panel with a partially legible inscription, adorned with ribbon ties at the corners and a scallop shell flanked by scrolls at the top. Another headstone to the right also has a raised inscription panel with a partially legible inscription and a cherub's head at the center top, surrounded by foliate fruit and flowers that extend down either side of the inscription panel.
The pedestal tomb is made of sandstone and bears an inscription to Henry Yates of Abbotswood, who died in 1771, on the east side, and an inscription to his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1792, on the west side. It features a moulded plinth with inset corners and sunken oval inscription panels. The south side has an eroded burning grail, while the north side displays an urn shaded by a palm. The tomb is capped with inset corners and an inner pyramidal capping topped with a pineapple finial.
The chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is made of limestone and has lyre-shaped ends. It lacks a legible inscription but has an oval inscription panel on the south side with a cartouche-like surround, marginal panels decorated with floral motifs, and single cherub's heads at the bottom of each side. The sides of the lyre-shaped ends are adorned with foliate decoration. There is an oval inscription panel with a partially legible inscription and a raised moulded surround with scrolls on either side. The east end features a rectangular inscription panel with a bolection moulded surround and scrolls on either side. The north side of the tomb is flat but likely resembles the south side. It has a thick capping with a moulded margin.
Local climate
Six Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St George 6 to 10 Metres South of the Chancel 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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