Monument to James Gough in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South of the Chancel Wall of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Monument.
Monument to James Gough in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South of the Chancel Wall of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lost-balcony-clover
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 558 046
- Coordinates
- 51.73862, -2.64045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to James Gough is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 15 metres south of the chancel wall of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of sandstone. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge and a frieze decorated with guilloche or palmette designs. On the east side, there is a high relief panel with an armorial bearing, while the west side displays drapes. The north and south panels each contain a central elongated ellipse with divided panels at the top and bottom, surrounded by heavily enriched moulded surrounds. The base of the tomb is sunk, and the south panel was noted to be displaced at the time of survey in November 1983. This monument commemorates James Gough of Pastershill, who died in 1691, and is recognized as a fine example of late 17th-century memorial architecture.
Local climate
Monument to James Gough in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South of the Chancel Wall of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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