Unidentified Chest Tomb with Scroll Ends 5 Metres West from North Porch Doors Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb with Scroll Ends 5 Metres West from North Porch Doors Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-frieze-fen
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 690 115
- Coordinates
- 51.80147, -2.45043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb made of limestone, located 5 meters west of the north porch doors of the Church of St Peter. The tomb has a flat top, with short ends that project outward featuring bold scrolls. The inscriptions on the tomb are worn and not legible. This style of memorial is characteristic of the area.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb with Scroll Ends 5 Metres West from North Porch Doors Church of St Peter 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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