Smith Monument in the Churchyard, About 11 Metres West of Centre Window, West Wall of Nave, Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Tomb.
Smith Monument in the Churchyard, About 11 Metres West of Centre Window, West Wall of Nave, Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- moated-gravel-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 737 221
- Coordinates
- 51.89714, -2.38342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument is a pedestal tomb located in the churchyard about 11 metres west of the centre window on the west wall of the nave at the Church of St. Lawrence. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of stone. The tomb features a swept pyramid top, a step, and a weathered lid with a moulded edge. Below the lid is a reeded frieze with paterae at the centre and round corner paterae at each corner. The sides of the tomb have raised oval shapes with a moulded edge and oval corner paterae. The base has a moulded top. The monument commemorates John Smith, who died in 1822, and his wife, who died earlier, with additional inscriptions from 1836 and 1857.
Local climate
Smith Monument in the Churchyard, About 11 Metres West of Centre Window, West Wall of Nave, Church of St Lawrence 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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