Plaisted Monument, in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South South West of South West Corner of 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. Chest tomb.
Plaisted Monument, in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South South West of South West Corner of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- silent-ember-meadow
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 716 138
- Coordinates
- 51.82267, -2.41212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plaisted monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 9 meters south-south-west of the south-west corner of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. It commemorates John Plaisted, who died in 1759, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a hollow chamfer along the edge. The corners are adorned with quarter-square gadrooned balusters. The north face has a fielded panel with a thin margin, while the south face is plain. The ends of the tomb are marked by a tooled line, and the lettering is well-cut.
Local climate
Plaisted Monument, in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South South West of South West Corner of 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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