Unidentified Memorial About 11 Metres South of Biggs Memorial in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Memorial About 11 Metres South of Biggs Memorial in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- twisted-garret-mallow
- 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 581 157
- Coordinates
- 51.83918, -2.60883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located about 11 metres south of the Biggs memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. The tomb dates from 1735 and is made of sandstone. It features a flat top with a cyma moulded capping and decorated lyre ends. The plinth is not visible. The oval end panels are adorned with carved linear foliage surrounds. On the south side, there is an inscription within a rectangular panel that has a spiral linear surround, flanked by panels depicting weeping palms and primitive male and female heads. At the time of the survey on June 11, 1984, the tomb was sinking to the northwest.
Local climate
Unidentified Memorial About 11 Metres South of Biggs Memorial in Churchyard of 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 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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