Fryer Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South West of South West Corner 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.
Fryer Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South West of South West Corner of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
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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
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 717 139
- Coordinates
- 51.82304, -2.41163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fryer monument is a short chest tomb located in the churchyard about 8 meters south-west of the south-west corner of the tower of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge that is slightly indented along its long side. The sides are adorned with a large circle formed by a raised, moulded rim, with tendrils and leaves in the corners. The ends of the tomb have elongated pilasters with fluted capitals and fluting on the short returns, while the main face of the shaft also has a circle formed by a raised, moulded rim. There are various inscriptions on the monument, some of which are weathered, with a probable date of the 1770s or 1780s.
Local climate
Fryer Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South West of South West Corner 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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