Cholera Monument, in the Churchyard 15 Metres South of the Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1986. Monument.
Cholera Monument, in the Churchyard 15 Metres South of the Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- swift-arch-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 649 565
- Coordinates
- 51.30708, -2.50362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cholera Monument, located in the churchyard 15 metres south of the Church of the Holy Trinity, is a memorial dating from the early to mid-19th century. Constructed from freestone and ashlar, it features a square enclosure marked by dressed stones. On the east side, there is a plain pointed stone, 0.5 metres high, inscribed with the words: "BOUNDARY OF CHOLERA BURIAL GROUND." On the west side, a pediment is topped with an ashlar insertion in the wall, which supports a high relief urn above a tablet. The tablet bears the following inscription: "IN MEMORY OF 23 MEN, 23 WOMEN AND 26 CHILDREN INTERRED WITHIN THIS ENCLOSURE WHO FELL VICTIM TO THAT DREADFUL SCOURGE, ASIATIC CHOLERA, WITH WHICH IT PLEASED THE ALMIGHTY TO VISIT THIS PARISH FROM THE 28TH SEPTEMBER TO THE 10TH NOVEMBER 1832. WHEN, UNDER THE DIRECTING ARM OF A BOUNTIFUL PROVIDENCE, BY THE SKILL AND ATTENTION OF THE MEDICAL MEN, AND BY THE CHARITABLE DONATIONS OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD, IT CEASED. 'AND HE STOOD BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD AND THE PLAGUE WAS STAYED.' RESTORED, 1966."
Local climate
Cholera Monument, in the Churchyard 15 Metres South of the Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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