Attwood Monument, in the Churchyard, Adjoining North East Corner of Vestry, Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Monument.
Attwood Monument, in the Churchyard, Adjoining North East Corner of Vestry, Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- errant-keep-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 782 292
- Coordinates
- 51.96093, -2.31861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Attwood Monument is a tall chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St. James, next to the north-east corner of the vestry. It commemorates Charles Attwood, who died in 1806. The monument is made of stone and features wrought iron elements. It has a flat lid with a moulded edge and elongated pilaster ends. The stem includes a raised panel with egg and dart capitals, and the sides have raised rectangular panels with scalloped corners and a moulded base. The tomb is surrounded by simple iron railings and displays good lettering, with scrolls at the ends and Gothic letters on the first line, along with later inscriptions.
Local climate
Attwood Monument, in the Churchyard, Adjoining North East Corner of Vestry, Church of St James receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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