Wiltshire Monument About 40 Yards South of the Easternmost Window of the South Wall of the Church of St Bridget is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Monument.
Wiltshire Monument About 40 Yards South of the Easternmost Window of the South Wall of the Church of St Bridget
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-gutter-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 584 247
- Coordinates
- 51.92008, -2.60533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wiltshire monument is a chest tomb located about 40 yards south of the easternmost window of the south wall of the Church of St Bridget in Bridstow. It commemorates Thomas Wiltshire, who died in 1785. The tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features a moulded base and flat moulded capping. It has gadrooned corner balusters, side panels with eared margins and corner paterae, and end panels adorned with cartouches. The inscription reads, "In expectation of a Joyful Rising," and notes that Thomas Wiltshire was a corn-factor recognized for his "Sobriety, Punctuality and Honesty."
Local climate
Wiltshire Monument About 40 Yards South of the Easternmost Window of the South Wall of the Church of St Bridget receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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