Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres East of East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres East of East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-doorway-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 633 025
- Coordinates
- 51.72024, -2.53196
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located about 3 metres east of the east wall of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. It is made of sandstone and features a flat top with an incised cross and a moulded edge that includes square fleurons. The tomb has deep sunk moulded panels and a moulded base. The inscriptions on the tomb are not legible. This tomb is the southernmost of a group of five tombs situated immediately east of the chancel wall.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres East of East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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