Sandon and Watts Monuments 10-15 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1985. Monuments.
Sandon and Watts Monuments 10-15 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- long-pavement-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1985
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- Sandon and Watts Monuments 10-15 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Nicholas, Sydling St. Nicholas
- OS grid reference
- SY 629 992
- Coordinates
- 50.7918, -2.52654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sandon and Watts Monuments are two table-tombs located 10-15 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Nicholas in Sydling St Nicholas. They date from the late 18th century and are made of stone.
The first tomb is dedicated to William Sandon of Hillfield, who died on October 28, 1793, at the age of 71. It features one fielded panel on each side, tiered fielded-panel pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a hipped top block. There is also a further inscription on the south side.
The second tomb commemorates Henry Watts, who died in April 1731. This tomb has two panels on each side, with putti faces in the cornice and properly articulated pilasters. The end-blocks are adorned with moulded cartouches and memento mori.
Local climate
Sandon and Watts Monuments 10-15 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Nicholas 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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