Smith Memorial, Approximately 20 Metres North West of West Door, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Tomb.
Smith Memorial, Approximately 20 Metres North West of West Door, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- tangled-storey-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 690 115
- Coordinates
- 51.80143, -2.45078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith Memorial is a pedestal tomb located approximately 20 meters north-west of the west door of the Church of St Peter in Newnham. Dating from the 18th century, it is made of limestone and features a lofty pedestal with elliptical raised inscription panels, a deep fluted frieze, and a pointed domical top. The memorial is inscribed with "SMITH, 1795," although it likely dates from an earlier time.
Local climate
Smith Memorial, Approximately 20 Metres North West of West Door, Church of St Peter receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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