Tower of Former Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Church tower. 3 related planning applications.
Tower of Former Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- last-plinth-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church tower
- Address
- Tower of Former Parish Church, Market Place, Coleford, GL16 8AQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 575 106
- Coordinates
- 51.79332, -2.61755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This church tower dates from 1821 and was designed by Henry Poole. It is constructed of coursed and dressed rubble stone in a Gothic style. The tower is square with three stages. A large blind arch is located on the east side, indicating the former position of an octagonal church that was demolished in 1882. Small, blocked openings are present on the second stage, while the third stage features twin-light, louvred belfry windows. Doors are located on three sides of the tower, being blocked on the north and west. The tower is topped with an embattled parapet, with pinnacles that extend from stepped diagonal buttresses. Clock faces are visible on the south, west, and north sides.
Local climate
Tower of Former Parish Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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