Church of St Nicholas Monument 8 Metres West of Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Tomb chest.
Church of St Nicholas Monument 8 Metres West of Porch
- WRENN ID
- western-wattle-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- TL 835 147
- Coordinates
- 51.80088, 0.66066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Nicholas has a tomb chest located 8 metres west of the porch. This monument, dating from the early 19th century, is associated with the Bourne family and was created around 1811. It is made of stone and is set on a large base slab. The design features a moulded base, Ionic angle columns, a fret moulded frieze, a moulded cornice, and a pediment head with angle acroteria.
Local climate
Church of St Nicholas Monument 8 Metres West of Porch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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