Monument to John Roberts in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of the South East Buttress of the Tower to 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 John Roberts in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of the South East Buttress of the Tower to the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- errant-wall-foxglove
- 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
- 51.73865, -2.64067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Roberts is located in the churchyard about 5 metres south of the southeast buttress of the tower of the Church of St Mary. This early 18th-century chest tomb is made of sandstone and features a flat top with a moulded edge, simple lyre ends, sunk moulded panels, and a broad cavetto base. It commemorates John Roberts, who died in 1720. The monument is positioned just east of the path leading to the church entrance and south of the Thomas Morgan monument.
Local climate
Monument to John Roberts in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South of the South East Buttress of the Tower to 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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