Sherring Monument 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Monument.
Sherring Monument 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- open-rood-tallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 629 897
- Coordinates
- 50.70663, -2.52647
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sherring Monument is an early 18th-century table-tomb located 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Michael in Winterbourne Steepleton. It is made of stone and features ornamental end blocks, with two raised and round-headed panels on each side, and a hipped top block that has a heavily moulded cornice. The end blocks are richly carved with linked garlands, a skull-and-crossbones at one end, and a cherub at the other.
The left panel contains the inscription: "Here lieth the body of Henry Sherring Who Died Jan 1 17(33) Aetat 30. Also Katherine the Daughter of Henry and Ioan Sherring. Who Died June 3rd. 17(57)." The right panel features a verse epitaph: "Here I repose, And find Relief, Waiting in Hope out of this Dust, To Rise and Live, Among the Just." This monument is an ornately sculptured and well-lettered example of its type.
Local climate
Sherring Monument 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael 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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