Brasington Monument, in the Churchyard, Against North Wall of Vestry Wing, About 5 Metres from West End, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Tomb.
Brasington Monument, in the Churchyard, Against North Wall of Vestry Wing, About 5 Metres from West End, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sombre-terrace-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 723 259
- Coordinates
- 51.93152, -2.40372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brasington monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard against the north wall of the vestry wing of the Church of St. Mary, approximately 5 meters from the west end. It commemorates Thomas Brasington, who died in 1808, and is made of stone. The tomb features a pyramid top with a scotia mould and has two steps leading up to a weathered lid with a moulded edge. The sides are adorned with a vertical leaf frieze and elongated quarter-square corner balusters, while the oval panels on the sides include scrolls in the spandrels and are supported by a moulded base.
Local climate
Brasington Monument, in the Churchyard, Against North Wall of Vestry Wing, About 5 Metres from West End, Church of St Mary 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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