Chest Tomb in Cemetery About 10 to 15 Yards West of Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1980. A C18 Tomb.
Chest Tomb in Cemetery About 10 to 15 Yards West of Entrance
- WRENN ID
- hidden-rafter-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1980
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 842 000
- Coordinates
- 51.69934, -2.22927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located in the cemetery about 10 to 15 yards west of the entrance. It features an altar type design with a moulded plinth and an egg and dart ornamented cornice. There is a slight break to the central panel, with carved flowers beside the panels. The tomb is topped with moulded and scrolled capping and a shaped finial. This cemetery is associated with the Upper Forest Green Congregational Chapel, which was established in 1688 and 1720, and was demolished in 1973.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in Cemetery About 10 to 15 Yards West of Entrance receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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