Wood Mounment and Railings in Churchyard About 23 1/2 Metres South of East End of Nave, 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.
Wood Mounment and Railings in Churchyard About 23 1/2 Metres South of East End of Nave, Church of St Ethelbert
- WRENN ID
- peeling-roof-vermeil
- 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
- 51.8196, -2.47702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wood monument and railings located in the churchyard about 23.5 meters south of the east end of the nave at the Church of St. Ethelbert date from the very early 19th century and are made of stone and wrought iron. The monument is square in plan and features a slightly weathered top with a moulded edge, which supports a square upstand and cavetto moulding, culminating in a small pyramidal top. The frieze around the base is adorned with vertical leaf moulding, and the sides have a moulded rim that frames a slightly raised oval panel designed for lettering, with paterae in the corners.
The railings are characterized by quarter-square, very attenuated balusters with gadrooning at the capital and leaf carving on the stem. The larger square corner posts of the railings were originally topped with urns, and the bars between them have finial tops, although one side is now missing and many of the bars have rusted away at the bottom. The lettering on the monument is finely carved and remains in good condition with little weathering. This monument commemorates James Wood, who died in 1803, and also records other deaths, mostly later. It forms a close group with the Wooley and child headstones nearby.
Local climate
Wood Mounment and Railings in Churchyard About 23 1/2 Metres South of East End of Nave, 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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