Dowding Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South East of South East Corner of Tower, 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. Monument.
Dowding Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South East of South East Corner of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- night-stone-moon
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SO 716 138
- Coordinates
- 51.82272, -2.41212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dowding monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 13 meters south-east of the south-east corner of the tower of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. It is possibly from the mid-18th century and made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with a simply moulded edge and quarter-square balusters at the corners, which are carved with square scrolls and leaf tendrils. The sides are divided into two equal panels by a recessed line, while the ends have plain panels with a raised margin. It has a chamfered plinth, and the lettering on the monument has been affected by weathering. The earliest legible date is 1730, with a reference to a son who died in 1784. It records Thomas and Elizabeth Dowding, who died in 1806, along with later inscriptions that extend to at least 1862.
Local climate
Dowding Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South East of South East Corner of Tower, 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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