Smith Tomb 6 Metres from South Porch Door 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.
Smith Tomb 6 Metres from South Porch Door of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tenth-newel-bracken
- 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
- 51.77025, -2.4233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith tomb, located 6 meters from the south porch door of the Church of St Andrew, is a tall chest tomb dating from 1789. It features a flat top and segmental ends adorned with fluting. The tomb commemorates George Smith of Etloe and is set on a large base slab that is raised above the path.
Local climate
Smith Tomb 6 Metres from South Porch Door 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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The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Smith Tomb in Churchyard, About 7 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Andrew
- 2 Smith Tomb 15 Metres North of Chancel of Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints
- 3 Smith Memorial Approximately 3 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist
- 4 Smith Family Tomb, Approximately 30 Metres to North of Sanctuary of Church of St Peter
- 5 Chest tomb of Mark Smithson, at base of Church Tower, to south
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