Hodges Monument 10 Metres North of St. Augustine's Well. is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1985. Monument.
Hodges Monument 10 Metres North of St. Augustine's Well.
- WRENN ID
- half-crypt-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 666 013
- Coordinates
- 50.8111, -2.47499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hodges Monument is a square memorial located 10 metres north of St. Augustine's Well in the churchyard of Cerne Abbey, dating from the early to mid 19th century. It is made of stone and features one fielded panel on each side, a moulded cornice, and a hipped top block. The monument commemorates John Hodges, who died on January 30, 1837, and his wife Mary, who passed away on February 25, 1855. The memorial is surrounded by iron railings that have urn finials, also from the 19th century.
Local climate
Hodges Monument 10 Metres North of St. Augustine's Well. 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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