Smith Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres North of East End of North Aisle, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Monument.
Smith Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres North of East End of North Aisle, Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 742 336
- Coordinates
- 52.00097, -2.37683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument, located in the churchyard about 8 meters north of the east end of the north aisle of the Church of St. Mary, is a cross that dates from the 13th century and was restored in 1882 to commemorate Christian Smith. It is made of stone and features a circular medieval cross head with a raised cross and radiating stylized leaves on its 1882 base. The monument has a tall tapering shaft that is square at the bottom and transitions to an octagon near the top, which includes a bar stop. The shaft rises from a larger base that is octagonal at the top and broaches to a square below, set on two steps.
Local climate
Smith Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres North of East End of North Aisle, Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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