Hobbs Monument in Churchyard, About 11 Metres South of South Porch of 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. Chest tomb.
Hobbs Monument in Churchyard, About 11 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Ethelbert
- WRENN ID
- small-shingle-furze
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 672 135
- Coordinates
- 51.81968, -2.47715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hobbs monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 11 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St. Ethelbert. This late 18th-century stone tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge. The sides and ends have fielded panels framed by a narrow border, and the corners are adorned with quarter-square balusters that are deeply recessed on the stem. The monument stands on a plain moulded base. The inscriptions on the tomb are weathering badly, but one end clearly shows that the earliest inscription is for Maria, daughter of Thomas Hobbs, who died in 1772, with the latest inscription dating to 1844.
Local climate
Hobbs Monument in Churchyard, About 11 Metres South of South Porch of 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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