Boyce Monument, About 6 Metres South East of Porch, in the Churchyard of the 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. Tomb.
Boyce Monument, About 6 Metres South East of Porch, in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- fossil-obsidian-moon
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 702 172
- Coordinates
- 51.85267, -2.43262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boyce Monument is a late 18th-century pedestal tomb located about 6 meters southeast of the porch in the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Blaisdon Village. It is made of stone and features a flat lid with a moulded edge, topped by a flat pyramid. The monument has a fluted frieze and raised fielded panels on each face for inscriptions, which have segmental tops, all resting above a moulded base. The earliest inscription is for Thomas Boyce, who died in 1792, with other inscriptions recorded, the latest being from 1830.
Local climate
Boyce Monument, About 6 Metres South East of Porch, in the Churchyard of the 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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