Butcher Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A 18th century Monument.
Butcher Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- crooked-solder-aspen
- 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 671 174
- Coordinates
- 51.85441, -2.47855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butcher monument is a short chest tomb located about 4 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, dating from around 1765. It is made of stone and features a flat lid with a moulded edge. The sides are raised panelled with scalloped corners that contain paterae, and the end sections are slightly recessed, continuing the end treatment of the monument. The ends display a Roman Doric frieze, with a raised panel below that has a moulded edge, and a Doric base beneath it. All of this rests on a cyma-moulded plinth. The monument commemorates Robert Butcher, who died in 1765, and his wife, who died in 1767, featuring two Gothic letters, copper-plate swirls, and long 'S's'. There is also a later inscription, cut differently, from 1805.
Local climate
Butcher Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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