Eldridge Monument, in Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Nave, Slightly West of Eastern Window, 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.
Eldridge Monument, in Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Nave, Slightly West of Eastern Window, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- small-landing-primrose
- 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 780 236
- Coordinates
- 51.91099, -2.32038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eldridge Monument is a headstone located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary, about 6 meters north of the nave and slightly west of the eastern window. It commemorates Henry Eldridge, who died in 1661. The stone features an elliptical head with a wide projection, adorned with scrolls at the ends and cyma and roll moulding leading to a dummy keystone. There is roll moulding down the sides and a chamfer on the back. The headstone is set into the ground and displays good lettering in all capitals, with flourishes on the main initial letters. It is noted as the earliest decipherable headstone in the churchyard and remains in good condition.
Local climate
Eldridge Monument, in Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Nave, Slightly West of Eastern Window, Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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