Rayner Monument Approximately 1/2 Metre West of Monument 8 Metres North of West Tower at St George's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. Chest tomb.
Rayner Monument Approximately 1/2 Metre West of Monument 8 Metres North of West Tower at St George's Church
- WRENN ID
- grey-clay-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1993
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SZ 534 867
- Coordinates
- 50.67826, -1.24515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rayner Monument is a late 18th-century chest tomb located approximately half a metre west of another monument and eight metres north of the west tower at St George's Church in Arreton. This rectangular chest tomb features a moulded base and top, with inscription panels that have inset curved corners. Although the original inscription is now illegible, there is a bronze plaque on the top that includes a poem dedicated to one of the deceased, who was a bellringer. The poem reads:
'Skill'd in the myster of the pleasing Peal,
Which few can know, and fewer still reveal,
Whether with little Bells or Bell sublime,
To split a moment to the truth of time,
Time so oft truly beat at length o'ercame,
Yet shall this tribute long preserve his Name.'
The monument was restored by the Winchester Diocesan Guild of Bellringers in 1925.
Local climate
Rayner Monument Approximately 1/2 Metre West of Monument 8 Metres North of West Tower at St George's Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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