Legge Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres East of North Gate to Bell Lane from Churchyard, 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.
Legge Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres East of North Gate to Bell Lane from Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- waiting-storey-quill
- 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
- 51.82359, -2.41194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Legge monument is a chest tomb located about 5 meters east of the north gate to Bell Lane in the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. It was likely constructed in 1834 and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features a plain lid with a moulded edge and rectangular reeded pilasters at each corner. These pilasters frame a raised rectangular panel with a moulded edge and scalloped corners on the long sides, along with anthemia in the corners. The ends of the tomb are similar but include raised circular panels. The plinth has a moulded top that supports the pilasters. This monument commemorates Major General Richard Legge, who died in 1834, his wife who died in 1845, and a Bennett who died in 1841, along with other inscriptions. The design of this monument is similar to that of the adjoining monument to the Bennett family.
Local climate
Legge Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres East of North Gate to Bell Lane from Churchyard, 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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