Monument to Elizabeth Tovey in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 2.5 Metres South of Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Monument.
Monument to Elizabeth Tovey in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 2.5 Metres South of Porch
- WRENN ID
- burning-shingle-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 826 275
- Coordinates
- 51.94613, -2.25435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Elizabeth Tovey is located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary, approximately 2.5 metres south of the porch. This chest tomb, made of limestone, commemorates Elizabeth Tovey, the wife of Ralph Tovey, who died in 1662. It features inscription panels on both sides with raised margins and scrollwork in the lower left and lower right corners. The tomb has oval panels that are flanked by bulging foliate scrollwork at either end, and it is capped with a moulded margin. The upper surface of the capping includes an inscription for (?) Chay, the son of Ralph and Elizabeth Tovey, who died in 1682.
Local climate
Monument to Elizabeth Tovey in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary Circa 2.5 Metres South of Porch receives an average of 770 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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