Powell Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of North West 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. Chest tomb.
Powell Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of North West Corner of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- drifting-baluster-bittern
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 717 139
- Coordinates
- 51.82326, -2.41185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Powell monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 5 metres north of the north-west corner of the tower of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It commemorates Esther Powell, who died in 1771. The tomb is made of stone and features a thick, flat lid with a simply-moulded edge. At each corner, there are quarter square gadrooned balusters.
The south face has a main central panel framed by tall rectangles at each end. At the top center, there is a head with wings, and pendant rings at the top corners are adorned with flowers and scrolls that extend down the sides and across the bottom. The plain center is designed for an inscription, with curved edges that enhance the relief of the carving. The end panels also feature pendant rings at the top, with various flowers depicted below. The north face of the monument is badly weathered. The ends display a serpent of eternity surrounding an hourglass, with fronds above, feathers to the side, and scrolls below. This monument is a good example of its type and is well preserved, except for the north face.
Local climate
Powell Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres North of North West 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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