Thornhyll Monument, 4 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter, Porch in the Church Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. A Early Modern Monument.
Thornhyll Monument, 4 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter, Porch in the Church Yard
- WRENN ID
- leaning-hinge-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Early Modern
- OS grid reference
- SY 602 858
- Coordinates
- 50.67077, -2.56382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornhyll Monument is an early 18th-century table-tomb located 4 metres south of the Parish Church of St Peter, within the churchyard. It is made of stone and features plain sides with a large chamfered top-block. The inscription on the monument commemorates the death of Ralph Thornhyll in 1709.
Local climate
Thornhyll Monument, 4 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter, Porch in the Church Yard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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