Crawshay Tomb and Railed Enclosure in the Churchyard About 28 Metres North of West End of Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Tomb.
Crawshay Tomb and Railed Enclosure in the Churchyard About 28 Metres North of West End of Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- waiting-gutter-dale
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 652 128
- Coordinates
- 51.81299, -2.50519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crawshay Tomb and railed enclosure is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 28 meters north of the west end of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. It dates from the mid-19th century and features a marble tomb with cast iron railings set on a stone plinth. The chest has a weathered top that projects over the sides and is adorned with clasping pilasters at the corners. Each face of the tomb includes trefoil head lancets, and between the panels with arched tops are decorative foliage in the spandrels. The tomb rests on a moulded plinth above a plain base. The railings consist of bars with alternate pairs linked by lancets below the top rail, topped with octagonal finials. The corner piers are open and square, each with central finials. This tomb commemorates five of Henry Crawshay's children, with the earliest death recorded in 1842 and the latest in 1863.
Local climate
Crawshay Tomb and Railed Enclosure in the Churchyard About 28 Metres North of West End of Church of St John the Evangelist 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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