Hand Monument, in the Churchyard in the Angle of the North Porch and West End of North Aisle of the Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Headstone.

Hand Monument, in the Churchyard in the Angle of the North Porch and West End of North Aisle of the Church of Saint Mary

WRENN ID
tenth-bastion-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Headstone
Address
Hand Monument, in the Churchyard in the Angle of the North Porch and West End of North Aisle of the Church of Saint Mary, the Square, Athelhampton and Puddletown
OS grid reference
SY 758 943
Coordinates
50.74835, -2.3435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hand Monument is a churchyard headstone located in the angle of the north porch and the west end of the north aisle of the Church of Saint Mary in Puddletown. The earliest date on the monument is 1828. It features a shaped top with a carving of a cherub and an open book adorned with a draped swag. The inscriptions commemorate Betty, William, and John Hand.

Local climate

Hand Monument, in the Churchyard in the Angle of the North Porch and West End of North Aisle of the Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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