Adams Monument, in Churchyard, About 4 1/2 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle, 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. Monument.
Adams Monument, in Churchyard, About 4 1/2 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- keen-plinth-peregrine
- 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 717 138
- Coordinates
- 51.823, -2.41157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Adams monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 4.5 meters north of the north-east corner of the north aisle of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. It commemorates Thomas Adams, who died in 1759, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a widely projecting edge and a hollow chamfer. The corners are adorned with quarter-square bulbous gadrooned balusters, and there are scrolls carved on part of the monument.
The sides include a central panel with narrow flanking end panels. On the north side, there is a central feature at the top with drapery and tassels framing the panel, along with curious pendant and square scroll flanking panels. The south side has very thin flanking panels, with a central head featuring wings at right angles to each other and a stylized plant that is partly weathered. The ends display a serpent of eternity surrounding an hourglass, with fronds above and feathers on each side, all set on a scrolled base. The entire monument rests on a chamfered plinth.
Local climate
Adams Monument, in Churchyard, About 4 1/2 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle, 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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