Browne Memorial, About 8 Metres South West of Machen Chapel, in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Browne Memorial, About 8 Metres South West of Machen Chapel, in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- proud-cobalt-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 581 158
- Coordinates
- 51.83927, -2.60894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Browne memorial is a chest tomb located about 8 metres south of Machen Chapel in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. It commemorates John Browne, who died in 1719. The tomb is made of sandstone and features a flat top with moulded capping and a plinth. The short ends of the tomb display a rosette in an oval surround with a carved edge on the east side, and a drapery festoon in a rectangular surround with egg and dart moulding on the west side. The inscription on the north side is indecipherable, while the south side has an inscription in a rectangular panel decorated with fluted edging.
Local climate
Browne Memorial, About 8 Metres South West of Machen Chapel, in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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