Monument 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Monument.
Monument 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- carved-clay-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 627 949
- Coordinates
- 50.75308, -2.52986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century table tomb located 8 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. It is made of stone and features plain sides, with a recessed area on the north side. The corners are adorned with plain pilasters, and the flat top-block has a roll-moulded edge. On the south side, there is a panel that displays ornamental carved drapery, which is looped and has a skull at the center.
Local climate
Monument 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- 1 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard 5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Mary.
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- 3 Table Tomb 12 Metres South of St Mary's Church
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