Boughton Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of South East Corner of South Porch, 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.
Boughton Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of South East Corner of South Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- waiting-gravel-dock
- 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 717 138
- Coordinates
- 51.82278, -2.41174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boughton monument is a chest tomb located about 5 meters east of the south-east corner of the south porch of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Westbury-on-Severn. It commemorates Joseph Boughton, who died in 1769, and is made of stone. The tomb features a flat lid with an overhang and a plain chamfer along the edge. The corners are adorned with quarter-square gadrooned balusters, and sunflowers are carved on the lower part. The sides display a winged head in the top center, with scrolled edging along the top and sides of the panel. The west end has a fielded panel with a large patera in the upper half, while the east end features a fielded panel with a segmental head and rococo carving in the spandrels. The monument stands on a chamfered plinth and includes later inscriptions dating up to 1864.
Local climate
Boughton Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of South East Corner of South Porch, 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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