Morgan Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South West of Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Morgan Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South West of Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- brooding-baluster-rye
- 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 671 174
- Coordinates
- 51.85429, -2.47876
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morgan monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 8 meters south-west of the tower of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. It commemorates Morgan, who died in 1823, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat hipped lid with sunken slopes and a moulded edge. The sides have a sunken rectangular panel that contains a slightly raised section with scalloped corners, while the ends are a compressed version of the sides. The corners are adorned with quarter rectangular balusters, and there is a moulded plinth at the base. The monument includes one line of inscription in Gothic lettering.
Local climate
Morgan Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South West of Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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