Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Monument.
Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tangled-hall-flax
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 723 259
- Coordinates
- 51.9312, -2.40363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard about 6 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Mary, dating from 1772. The tomb is made of stone and features a flat lid with a moulded edge, which has gadrooning on the upper part. The sides have a raised central rectangle with scalloped corners, and the edge is adorned with bead and reel and leaf moulding, along with rococo carving in the corners. The ends of the tomb have elongated pilasters, with carved poppies on the edges. The west end displays an hourglass surrounded by a serpent of eternity, along with wings, two heads, a skull, and bones, all set over a scroll. The east end has a raised panel with scalloped corners on the stem. The inscription is weathered, but the year is still legible.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Mary 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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