Lucas Memorial Approximately 23 Metres North West of West Door Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Tomb.
Lucas Memorial Approximately 23 Metres North West of West Door Church of St Peter
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 690 115
- Coordinates
- 51.80152, -2.45068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lucas Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 23 metres north-west of the west door of the Church of St Peter in Newnham. It dates from 1783 and is made of limestone. The memorial features a large stone base that was formerly surrounded by railings, a square pedestal supported by Greek Doric columns at each corner, and a flat pyramidal top. The inscription on the memorial reads "LUCAS, 1783."
Local climate
Lucas Memorial Approximately 23 Metres North West of West Door Church of St Peter receives an average of 780 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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