Bower Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres North of Priest's Door, Chancel, 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.
Bower Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres North of Priest's Door, Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- guardian-wicket-shade
- 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
- 51.93158, -2.40342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bower Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 8 meters north of the priest's door of the Church of St. Mary. It commemorates Thomas Bower, who died in 1775, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge and slightly indented corners along the long edge. The frieze displays alternating fluted and blank sections. Each side has a raised oval panel with a double bay leaf swag above, which falls down at each end. The ends of the tomb have burning torches carved on the return edges, and the ends also feature fielded panels. The base of the monument is covered by the ground.
Local climate
Bower Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres North of Priest's Door, Chancel, 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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