Top of Spire, Reset in Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of the West End of the Tower, Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Spire.
Top of Spire, Reset in Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of the West End of the Tower, Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- small-cobble-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1987
- Type
- Spire
- OS grid reference
- SO 788 265
- Coordinates
- 51.93673, -2.30928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The top of the spire, likely from the 14th century, is made of stone and is located in the churchyard about 5 meters north of the west end of the tower of the Church of St. Margaret. This octagonal section of stone stands approximately 1.7 meters high and features two sets of four crockets positioned diagonally to each other. It was reset in the churchyard when the top of the spire was renewed before 1972.
Local climate
Top of Spire, Reset in Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of the West End of the Tower, Church of St Margaret receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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