Walls, Gate Piers and 2 Table Tombs of Burial Ground 200 Metres South of Knowle Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Burial ground.
Walls, Gate Piers and 2 Table Tombs of Burial Ground 200 Metres South of Knowle Farm
- WRENN ID
- rusted-rubblework-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Burial ground
- OS grid reference
- ST 469 004
- Coordinates
- 50.80141, -2.75473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, gate piers, and two table tombs of the burial ground located 200 meters south of Knowle Farm date from the 17th century. The walls have flint stone footings from a former barn that measures approximately 33 feet by 18 feet internally. On the north side, there are ashlar stone gate piers topped with flat pyramidal capitals, and the entrance features iron gates from the 19th century.
Inside the burial ground, there are two notable table tombs. The first tomb has a stone plinth and sides, with recessed pilasters that feature carved torches pointing downward. It is topped with a hipped stone canopy that has a plain projecting cornice and bears an inscription dedicated to Thomas and Elizabeth Hine, dating from the early 19th century. The second tomb is made of stone and includes incised Soanian pilasters with plain capitals and a square cornice. Its canopy features shallow pediments on each face adorned with foliage decoration and Neo-classical foliate fans at the corners. This tomb has four inscriptions, primarily honoring John and Betsy Daniel, from 1829 and 1816. The Daniel family was a significant Nonconformist family in Beaminster, known for several generations of doctors, and they owned Daniel's House on Hogshill Street to the south. The burial ground also commemorates James Daniel's escape to this site, which was formerly his barn, following the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
Local climate
Walls, Gate Piers and 2 Table Tombs of Burial Ground 200 Metres South of Knowle Farm receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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