3 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the 4 Headstones (Item 8/127) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Monument.
3 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the 4 Headstones (Item 8/127)
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-mortar-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- 3 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the 4 Headstones (Item 8/127), Stinsford
- OS grid reference
- SY 711 910
- Coordinates
- 50.71796, -2.41009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are three coffin-type stone monuments in the churchyard immediately north of four headstones, dedicated to members of the Hardy family. One monument is for Mary, the daughter of Thomas and Jemima Hardy, who passed away in 1914. Another monument contains the heart of Thomas Hardy, the author, who died in 1928; this monument also commemorates his first wife, Emma, who died in 1912, and his second wife, Florence, who died in 1937. The third monument is for Thomas Hardy, who died in 1892, and his wife Jemima, who died in 1904. All three monuments share a similar design, featuring a solid hipped slab set on two moulded steps. They are included for their historic interest.
Local climate
3 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the 4 Headstones (Item 8/127) 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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