Hooper Monument and Headstone, in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Monument.
Hooper Monument and Headstone, in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- brooding-courtyard-peregrine
- 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 761 197
- Coordinates
- 51.87576, -2.34759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hooper monument and headstone, located in the churchyard about 4 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Michael, consists of a chest tomb and a headstone. The chest tomb, dedicated to J. Hooper and dated 1807, is made of stone and features a flat top with a moulded edge and slightly indented corners on the long sides. The sides display a raised oval design with paterae in the spandrels, while the ends are adorned with Roman Doric pilasters. There is a further raised rectangular panel on the shaft with flowers depicted on the capital. The tomb has a moulded plinth with an inscription on one end. Adjacent to the chest tomb, on the west side, is a headstone for J. Hooper, who died in 1693. This headstone has a shaped top with a skull set between two scrolls.
Local climate
Hooper Monument and Headstone, in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Michael 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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