Powell Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument.
Powell Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-ashlar-hazel
- 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 717 139
- Coordinates
- 51.82328, -2.41166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Powell monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard about 9 meters north of the tower of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It commemorates Elizabeth Powell, who died in 1822, and is made of stone. The tomb features a square center with semi-circular ends and is topped with a square dome that has a small roll, cavetto moulding, a roll, and an upstand. Each end has half cyma domes. The main lid has a moulded edge, and the sides include raised oval panels for lettering, which are bordered with egg-and-dart edge moulding and corner paterae. The ends are adorned with a fluted frieze, a horizontal oval, and a moulded base, all resting on a moulded plinth.
Local climate
Powell Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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