Hook Monument in Churchyard About 7 Metres North East of North East 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.
Hook Monument in Churchyard About 7 Metres North East of North East Corner of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- woven-thatch-heron
- 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
- 51.82324, -2.41159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hook monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 7 metres north-east of the north-east corner of the tower of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It commemorates Richard Hook, who died in 1795, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge that is slightly indented at the ends of the long face. The sides have fielded panels intended for inscriptions, while the ends are designed with elongated rectangular balusters topped with fluted 'capitals' and a moulded base. The west baluster includes a raised ring on its stem, and the east baluster may have originally had a similar feature, which has been dressed off to allow for an added inscription. The original inscription is presented in a mix of upper and lower case letters, with some italic lettering and long s's, alongside later inscriptions.
Local climate
Hook Monument in Churchyard About 7 Metres North East of North East 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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