Tomb of J S Brown in Churchyard of Former Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 2000. Tomb.
Tomb of J S Brown in Churchyard of Former Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 September 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of J S Brown in Churchyard of Former Church of St Mary, Chapel Hill, Chepstow, Wye Valley
- OS grid reference
- ST 530 999
- Coordinates
- 51.69642, -2.68069
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The tomb of J S Brown is located in the churchyard of the former Church of St Mary. It is made of white limestone ashlar and is designed in the style of a Roman altar. The tomb features three square steps that decrease in size, supporting a square shaft that rests on a moulded base. At the top, there is a low pyramid cap. The inscription on the tomb commemorates J S Brown, who died in 1841.
Local climate
Tomb of J S Brown in Churchyard of Former Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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