Owen Memorial, About 9 Metres East of South Porch in the Churchyard of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Owen Memorial, About 9 Metres East of South Porch in the Churchyard of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- eternal-moulding-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 552 095
- Coordinates
- 51.78241, -2.64952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Owen memorial is a chest tomb located about 9 metres east of the south porch in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints. It commemorates Ralph Owen, who died in 1730. The tomb is made of sandstone and features a tent top with a moulded capping and plinth set on a plain stone base below. The ends of the tomb are elaborately designed with lyre shapes and oval panels. The long sides display inscription panels with scrolled edges, flanked by spiral and foliage decorations.
Local climate
Owen Memorial, About 9 Metres East of South Porch in the Churchyard of Church of All Saints receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- 1 Owens Memorial Approximately 26 Metres to North of North Porch of Church of St George
- 2 Monument to the Owen family in Machynlleth Cemetery
- 3 Monument to John Owen, South Enclosure
- 4 Norroway Memorial, About 19 Metres South West of Lychgate in Churchyard of the Church of All Saints
- 5 Oxenham Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Andrew
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