Constance Monument, in Churchyard Between Porch and South Transept, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument.
Constance Monument, in Churchyard Between Porch and South Transept, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- Address
- Constance Monument, in Churchyard Between Porch and South Transept, Church of All Saints, Church Road, Longhope
- OS grid reference
- SO 684 197
- Coordinates
- 51.8758, -2.45961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Constance monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard between the porch and the south transept of the Church of All Saints. It dates from the second decade of the 19th century and is made of stone. The tomb has a rectangular center with projecting semi-circular ends that are slightly recessed from the sides. It features a moulded top with a raised center section that has a square edge, and cyma half domes at each end. The center has cavetto moulding leading to a square-domed section. The sides are raised oval with a carved rim, and there are horizontal oval paterae in the corners. The ends have a fluted frieze with alternating paterae, a horizontal oval in the center, and a moulded base, all resting on a plinth. The monument commemorates John Constance, who died in 1816, his wife who died in 1814, and includes other inscriptions, the latest dating to 1885.
Local climate
Constance Monument, in Churchyard Between Porch and South Transept, Church of All Saints 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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