Boughton Monument and Railings, in Churchyard, About 22 Metres South of South East Corner of South Porch, Church of St Ethelbert is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument.
Boughton Monument and Railings, in Churchyard, About 22 Metres South of South East Corner of South Porch, Church of St Ethelbert
- WRENN ID
- inner-dormer-lichen
- 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 672 135
- Coordinates
- 51.81958, -2.4771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boughton monument and railings, located in the churchyard about 22 meters south of the southeast corner of the south porch of the Church of St. Ethelbert, is a pedestal tomb and railed enclosure from the early 19th century, made of ashlar stone and wrought iron. The enclosure features a square design with a weathered, smooth cap on a sill wall. The cap is deep and has inscriptions on each external face, while the exposed furrowed ashlar below is visible on two sides due to the slope of the ground. The railing includes larger square corner balusters topped with urns, and the intermediate bars have tapered tops. Inside the enclosure is a small square pedestal tomb with plain sides and slightly recessed corners, set on a moulded base. The top has a wide projection and a flat gable with uncarved acroterions at each corner, all sloping back to the center. The monument commemorates Joseph Boughton, who died in 1801, with later inscriptions on the plinth of the enclosure; the pedestal records Joseph Boughton of Broadoak and his younger son, suggesting it was erected for the latter.
Local climate
Boughton Monument and Railings, in Churchyard, About 22 Metres South of South East Corner of South Porch, Church of St Ethelbert 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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