Banks Monument and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres North of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1987. Monument.

Banks Monument and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres North of Church of St Bartholomew

WRENN ID
small-soffit-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1987
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
TM 066 694
Coordinates
52.2841, 1.02828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Banks Monument is a chest tomb located about 25 meters north of the Church of St. Bartholomew in Finningham. It commemorates William and Ann Banks, who both died in 1836, and Mary Ann Banks, who died in 1823. The tomb is made of ashlar and features a moulded base and capping. It has fielded inscribed panels on its long sides, which are separated by fluted pilasters with neck bands. Surrounding the tomb is a railed enclosure with colonnettes at the corners topped with urn finials.

Local climate

Banks Monument and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres North of Church of St Bartholomew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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