Hirde and Hardey Monuments 15 Metres North of Chancel 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. Table-tombs.
Hirde and Hardey Monuments 15 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- graven-cobalt-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1985
- Type
- Table-tombs
- OS grid reference
- SY 630 992
- Coordinates
- 50.79207, -2.52599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hirde and Hardey monuments are four table-tombs located 15 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas in Sydling St Nicholas. These tombs date from the 18th century and are made of stone.
The first tomb has plain sides and pilasters, a cavetto cornice, and a flat top block, commemorating Francis Hirde, who died on 26 June 1721. The second tomb is made of white stone, featuring plain sides and rounded recessed ends, with a moulded top block; the inscription is partially illegible but is dedicated to a member of the Hirde family. The third tomb has plain sides, bulbous end blocks with projecting rosettes, and includes the phrase "memento mori," dedicated to Mrs Ioane Hardey. The fourth tomb features three recessed quatrefoils with foliate centres, a cavetto cornice, and a flat top block, inscribed in memory of Richard Hardey on the end block.
Local climate
Hirde and Hardey Monuments 15 Metres North of Chancel 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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