Four Pury Monuments, in the Churchyard, Between 1 and 3 1/2 Metres East of South East Corner of Nave, Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Chest tombs.
Four Pury Monuments, in the Churchyard, Between 1 and 3 1/2 Metres East of South East Corner of Nave, Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- first-zinc-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SO 737 221
- Coordinates
- 51.89722, -2.38308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The four Pury monuments are located in the churchyard, between 1 and 3.5 meters east of the south-east corner of the nave at the Church of St. Lawrence. These chest tombs date from the late 17th century, possibly into the early 18th century, and are made of stone.
The north-west monument commemorates Thomas Pury, who died in 1688. It features a flat lid with a moulded edge and plain sides, along with an inset slate plaque on the west side that has lettering. The south end has a raised oval set in a sunk rectangle, displaying the Pury coat of arms on an inset stone. The eastern monument has a flat lid with a moulded edge, but the inscription has weathered away, leaving no details on the sides or south end, though the Pury coat of arms is visible on the north side.
The south-west monument also has a flat lid with a moulded edge and a sunk rectangle on the west face, framed by scrolls at the ends, with a plain margin outside from the returns of the end panels. The sunk rectangle is on the north side, with the Pury coat of arms on the south side. The fourth monument is set against the third, to the east, and has a flat lid with a moulded edge. Its ends are similar to the third monument, and the east side features a Latin inscription to Thomas Pury, though no date is legible. One of the monuments likely honors Thomas Pury, who built the church, and the family lived at The Grove in the same parish.
Local climate
Four Pury Monuments, in the Churchyard, Between 1 and 3 1/2 Metres East of South East Corner of Nave, Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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