Loveridge Monument, in the Churchyard, About 9 Metres North East of North East Corner of 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.
Loveridge Monument, in the Churchyard, About 9 Metres North East of North East Corner of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- former-hearth-smoke
- 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
- 51.9316, -2.40319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loveridge Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 9 meters north-east of the north-east corner of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary. It commemorates Loveridge, who died in 1803, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge and quarter-square corner gadrooned balusters. The south side has a framed raised area with a moulded edge, which creates a rectangular panel with scalloped corners that contains paterae. The north side has a fielded edge to the panel with scalloped corners, while the ends of the tomb also have fielded panels.
Local climate
Loveridge Monument, in the Churchyard, About 9 Metres North East of North East Corner of 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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