Boughton Monument, in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of South Aisle, Eastern Half, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Boughton Monument, in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of South Aisle, Eastern Half, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- spare-pavement-clover
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 717 138
- Coordinates
- 51.82273, -2.41174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boughton monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 5 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It commemorates Joseph Boughton the younger, who died in 1756, and is made of stone. The tomb features a thick, flat lid with a hollow chamfer along the edge. The sides display a winged head in the center, adorned with flowers and ribbons that extend across the top and down the ends. The main face is curved back at the edges to enhance the relief of the carving. The ends of the tomb are shaped like lyres, with scrolls carved on the main face, and a serpent of eternity surrounds an hourglass at the bottom of the panel, with feathers on the sides and fronds above. The scrolls are circular on the east end and approach a square shape on the west. An inscription dedicated to his wife is found on the north side. This monument is considered a good example of its kind.
Local climate
Boughton Monument, in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of South Aisle, Eastern Half, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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