Monument in the Churchyard 6 Metres South-West of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Monument.
Monument in the Churchyard 6 Metres South-West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- third-wattle-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 595 065
- Coordinates
- 50.85692, -2.57546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table-tomb located in the churchyard, 6 metres south-west of the tower of the Church of St Mary in Melbury Bubb. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Portland stone. The tomb features fluted pilasters with trefoil heads and rosettes. Each side has two circular panels adorned with pleated drapes in the spandrels, and it has a flat top. The tomb commemorates Dunning.
Local climate
Monument in the Churchyard 6 Metres South-West of Tower of Church of St Mary 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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