Adams Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of West Face of Tower, Church of St Ethelbert 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 9 Metres South of West Face of Tower, Church of St Ethelbert
- WRENN ID
- fallen-flue-claret
- 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 671 135
- Coordinates
- 51.81974, -2.47729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Adams monument is a headstone located in the churchyard about 9 metres south of the west face of the tower of the Church of St. Ethelbert. It commemorates John Adams, who died in 1686. The stone features a shaped head with a central depiction of a head, flanked by scrolls on either side. The top is hollow and connects to plain circles at the corners. Below, there are stylised flowers at each end, along with flourishes and another head in the centre, which has wings rising to frame the lower half of the head above. The centre of the monument is recessed for lettering, with a moulded margin on the sides. This is the oldest surviving dateable monument in the churchyard.
Local climate
Adams Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of West Face of Tower, Church of St Ethelbert 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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