Group of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard, 3m North East of the Chancel 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. Graveyard, monument.

Group of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard, 3m North East of the Chancel of the Church of Saint Mary

WRENN ID
stranded-flint-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Graveyard, monument
Address
Group of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard, 3m North East of the Chancel of the Church of Saint Mary, the Square, Athelhampton and Puddletown
OS grid reference
SY 758 943
Coordinates
50.74831, -2.3431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of six headstones located in the churchyard, three meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary in Puddletown. The monuments date from the 18th and 19th centuries. One headstone commemorates Martha and Robert Purchase, dated 1743, featuring a baroque scroll top with carved cherubs' heads flanking an hourglass and scroll borders. Another headstone is for Theophilis Bartlett Pope, dated 1855, which has a pointed arched top and includes a carved tree and urn. There are also headstones for Stephen Arnold, dated 1857, and William Bartlett, dated 1862, both in an 18th-century style with curved tops and draped urns. Additionally, there is a headstone for John and George Jesty, dated 1835, which has a Flemish style top and good lettering, and one for John Brymer, dated 1790.

Local climate

Group of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard, 3m North East of the Chancel 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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