Skidemore Monument in Churchyard About 2 1/2 Metres South of West Face of Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument.
Skidemore Monument in Churchyard About 2 1/2 Metres South of West Face of Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-portal-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 671 174
- Coordinates
- 51.85437, -2.47871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Skidemore monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 2.5 meters south of the west face of the tower of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels. It dates from the 1770s and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge, and the sides have fielded panels. The ends are designed with elongated rectangular balusters, which bear inscriptions on both the balusters and the side panels. The inscriptions include two from the 1770s dedicated to Godwin Skidmore and his wife, as well as mentions of their son who died in 1796, and additional inscriptions from 1833 and 1855 on the ends.
Local climate
Skidemore Monument in Churchyard About 2 1/2 Metres South of West Face of Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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