Morse Tomb 6 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Tomb.
Morse Tomb 6 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Andrew
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 708 080
- Coordinates
- 51.77049, -2.42339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Morse tomb, located 6 meters north of the north aisle of the Church of St Andrew, is an early 19th-century pedestal tomb. It features an unusual design with heavy scrolled ends and commemorates Richard Morse, who died in 1858.
Local climate
Morse Tomb 6 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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