Warn Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres Along Path to South from South Chancel Porch, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Monument.
Warn Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres Along Path to South from South Chancel Porch, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- roaming-keystone-equinox
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 723 259
- Coordinates
- 51.93124, -2.40341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Warn monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 8 meters along the path to the south from the south chancel porch of the Church of St. Mary. It commemorates Edmund Warn, who died in 1779, and is made of stone. The lid is slightly weathered and features a moulded edge, while the sides are plain with a slightly recessed narrow margin and egg and dart moulding. The corners are adorned with quarter-square corner balusters. The west end of the tomb has an urn with a pineapple top, while the east end is plain. The base is moulded, and the lettering on the monument is well-preserved.
Local climate
Warn Monument, in the Churchyard, About 8 Metres Along Path to South from South Chancel Porch, Church of St Mary 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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