Higgs Monument in Churchyard About 6 1/2 Metres North of North Aisle of Church Towards West End, 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. Chest tomb.
Higgs Monument in Churchyard About 6 1/2 Metres North of North Aisle of Church Towards West End, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- heavy-turret-thyme
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 717 139
- Coordinates
- 51.82301, -2.41198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Higgs monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 6.5 meters north of the north aisle of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It commemorates Silvanus Higgs, who died in 1764, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a wide projection and a hollow chamfer. At each corner, there are quarter-square gadrooned balusters. The sides have a main central panel flanked by narrower ends. The top center displays a head with wings, with swags leading to pendant rings in the corners, and flowers and ribbons cascading down the sides. The main center for lettering is cut back at the edges to enhance the relief of the carving. There is additional carving on the flanking panels, and the ends depict a serpent of eternity surrounding an hourglass, with fronds above and scrolls below. The monument is somewhat sunk into the ground.
Local climate
Higgs Monument in Churchyard About 6 1/2 Metres North of North Aisle of Church Towards West End, 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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