Monument to William Allen in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South of the South Transept of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Monument.
Monument to William Allen in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South of the South Transept of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lunar-crypt-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 558 046
- Coordinates
- 51.73865, -2.64055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Allen is located in the churchyard about 6 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Mary. It is a low chest tomb from the early 19th century, made of sandstone. The tomb has a flat, fully inscribed top with square edges, plain sides, and a simple base. It commemorates William Allen, who died in 1810. This monument has an identical design to the adjacent Ann Allen monument to the south and is the central piece in a group of three monuments arranged in a north-south orientation.
Local climate
Monument to William Allen in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South of the South Transept of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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