Grant and Thorne Monuments North of the Church of St Ann is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Monument.
Grant and Thorne Monuments North of the Church of St Ann
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Grant and Thorne Monuments North of the Church of St Ann, Radipole Lane, Weymouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 667 813
- Coordinates
- 50.6312, -2.47186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grant and Thorne monuments are two chest tombs located north of the Church of St Ann in Weymouth, dating from the early 19th century. They are made of Portland stone.
The first tomb is dedicated to Archibald Grant, who died in 1805. It features a flat ledger top on a second flat slab, with plain square corner pilasters that contain inscription panels surrounded by incised detailing. The inscriptions are carved in fine Roman lettering, and the monument has plain end panels and a simple base that is partly sunk into the ground. This monument is partially overgrown with ivy.
The second tomb, located approximately 1 meter southeast of the first, is dedicated to Joseph Swafield Thorne, who died in 1846. It also has a flat ledger top on a second slab, but this one has a triple reeded edge and reeded corner pilasters. The inscription panels have sunk margins and inset corners embellished with leaf motifs. The base is moulded and sits on a platform.
These two nearly identical monuments stand out in a churchyard where most memorials consist of simple headstones.
Local climate
Grant and Thorne Monuments North of the Church of St Ann receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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